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- Middle East
2 Kurdish officers killed in IS bomb blast in Iraq
Baghdad: Two officers from a Kurdish commando force were killed and seven commandos wounded in a bomb attack in Iraq’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, a Kurdish security source said. The attack occurred…
- Middle East
Iraqi Parliament to elect new President
Baghdad: Iraq’s Parliament has decided to hold a session on Thursday dedicated to electing the next President of the country. On Tuesday, Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi announced the decision in a press…
- Middle East
Turkey hits 16 Kurdish targets in Iraq: Minister
Ankara: Turkish forces have destroyed 16 targets of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Iraq, Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said. The operation destroyed caves, bunkers, shelters and command posts of the PKK,…
- Middle East
Turkey’s President Erdogan pledges to expand the Syria incursion
Ankara: Turkey is determined to go ahead with a planned military incursion against the Kurdish militia in northern Syria, despite opposition from other countries, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. “I once again…
- Middle East
Turkey in talks with Russia over presence of Kurdish militia in Syria
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Turkey and Russia have been in constant dialogue over the presence of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia in Syria. On his…
- World
Kurdish militia ride atop military vehicles as they celebrate victory over Daesh in Raqqa, Syria
Talmiz Ahmad When Donald Trump left the White House, America’s policies in Syria were a shambles: The US had betrayed the Kurds by allowing Turkey to send its troops to disrupt their…
- Syria
Kurdish commander in talks with Russia
ROME: The commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said he mistrusted both the Syrian government and Russia, but said in remarks published Saturday that he would follow “a political path”…
- Syria
In Syria hospital, Kurdish fighters determined despite burns
HASAKEH: In a hospital in northeastern Syria, a nurse tends to a Kurdish fighter recovering from burns to his face sustained in battle against advancing Turkish troops. “My dimples used to be like…
- Syria
Syria: Turkey launches ground offensive against Kurdish forces
RAS AL AIN: Turkey has launched a broad assault on Kurdish-controlled areas in northeastern Syria, with intensive bombardment followed by a ground offensive made possible by the withdrawal of US troops. President Recep…
- Syria
IS car bomb kills Kurdish police officer in northeast Syria
QAMISHLI: A police officer was killed Sunday in a car bomb attack claimed by the Islamic State group (IS) in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in northeast Syria, police said. Kurdish police…
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Turkey court orders release of hunger striking Kurdish MP
Turkey: A hunger striking pro-Kurdish lawmaker was released under supervision from prison by a Turkish court and sent home on Friday, after an 11-week fast that has left her gravely ill. Crowds…
- Middle East
Suicide attack on Kurdish-US convoy in Syria kills 5: Monitor
Damascus: A suicide car bomb attack on a military convoy in Syria’s Hasakah province on Monday killed five members of a Kurdish-led force accompanying US-led coalition troops, a war monitor reported. The…
