The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) political party in northern Iraq has ended a months-long boycott of the Kurdish Regional Government cabinet meetings with its main coalition partner, the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).
The move eased tensions between two factions, who fought a civil war in the 1990s, and calmed Western fears that the rift would deepen between the PUK and KDP, both of which have been instrumental in the fight against ISIL (ISIS).
