DHAKA: Iraqi president Jalal Talabani flew back to his Kurdish fiefdom of Sulaimaniyah on Saturday after more than 18 months in Germany for medical treatment.

Sources in his Patriotic Union of Kurdistan said, reports The Straits Times.

The 80-year-old head of state arrived on a private aircraft, but access to the airport was restricted to his close entourage, a media correspondent said.

BDST: 2131 HRS, JUL 19, 2014