Nouri al-Maliki... Prime Minister of Iraq and the secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party. Maliki imposed order on Basra wen the Shiites were going nuts, but has proven incapable of dealing with al-Qaeda's Sunni insurgency. Reelected to his third term in 2014...
to apologise for saying the Kurdish region authorities are sheltering bully boys.
In an exclusive BBC interview, Mr Zebari said that unless Mr Maliki withdrew his remarks, Kurds would find it very difficult to work with him.
Kurdish ministers have suspended participation in government in protest.
The row between the autonomous region and the Baghdad authorities threatens to further destabilise the country.
Kurds have seized areas left by Iraq's army as jihadist snuffies advanced.