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Turkey accuses US of backing PKK after Turks killed in Iraq
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan laid into the United States, accusing it of supporting Kurdish militants on Monday, days after Turkish troops found the bodies of 13 Turkish soldiers, police…
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Syria
Around 200 displaced Syrians leave Al-Hol camp: Kurds
QAMISHLI: Around 200 Syrian displaced people, mostly women and children, were heading home from an overcrowded desert camp in the northeast of the war-torn country on Sunday, a Kurdish official…
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Syria
Turkish fire kills civilian during joint Syria patrol: Kurds
QAMISHLI: At least one civilian was killed Tuesday by fire from Turkish forces on joint patrol with Russian troops near the Syrian border town of Kobane, Kurdish authorities said. “Turkish…
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Syria
Kurds hurl rocks at Russian-Turkish Syria patrol
MAABDA: Kurdish protesters hurled rocks Friday at Turkish military vehicles in northeastern Syria during a patrol in which one civilian died when he was run over by a personnel carrier. A small…
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Syria
Kurds hurl rocks at Russian-Turkish Syria patrol
MAADBA: Kurdish protesters hurled rocks Friday at Turkish military vehicles in northeastern Syria during a patrol in which one civilian died when he was run over by a personnel carrier. A small…
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Middle East
Iraq opens 2nd camp to cope with Syrian Kurd influx
Bardarach: The United Nations on Saturday opened a new section of a camp for the displaced in Iraqi Kurdistan to host refugees fleeing Turkish troops in northeast Syria. “Around 11,000…
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Syria
15 dead in Syria clashes between pro-Turkish forces, Kurds
BEIRUT: Clashes in northeast Syria between pro-Ankara fighters backed by the Turkish air force and a Damascus-backed force led by Syrian Kurds left 15 dead on Saturday, a monitor said. Rami Abdel…
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Syria
Kurds fully withdraw from besieged Syria border town
Damascus: Kurdish fighters belonging to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Sunday fully withdrew from the besieged Syrian border town of Ras al-Ain in the first pullback under a ceasefire…
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Syria
Kurds: a stateless people across four countries
PARIS: The Kurds are a non-Arab ethnic group of between 25 and 35 million people spread mainly across Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey but without a state of their own. – Across…
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Syria
Turkey keeps up assault on Kurd-held Syria border towns
QAMISHLI: Turkey kept up its assault on Kurdish-held border towns in northeastern Syria on Saturday on the fourth day of an offensive that is drawing growing international condemnation, even from Washington. Buoyed…
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Middle East
5 killed in Kurdish shelling on Turkey: officials
Akçakale: Five people, including a nine-month-old baby, were killed and dozens injured in shelling on Turkish border towns on Thursday, local authorities said, following Turkey’s offensive on Kurdish forces in…
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Syria
Damascus says would welcome Kurds back into fold
DAMASCUS: Damascus is ready to welcome Syria‘s Kurds back into the fold after Washington left them to face Turkish military threats alone, a senior official said in comments published Tuesday. Ankara…
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Syria
US continues to arm Kurds in Syria: Pentagon
WASHINGTON: The United States continues to provide Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria with arms and vehicles, despite the creation of a buffer zone with Turkey along the border, a US defense official…
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Middle East
Turkey removes pro-Kurdish mayors
Ankara: The Turkish government removed three mayors from office on Monday over alleged links to Kurdish militants, the interior ministry said. The mayors of Diyarbakir, Mardin and Van provinces in…
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Middle East
Three Turkish soldiers killed in Kurd mortar attack from Iraq: ministry
Istanbul: Three Turkish soldiers died Saturday in a mortar attack by Kurdish rebels launched from Iraqi territory, the Turkish defence ministry said. “Three of our brothers in arms died as…
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Middle East
Turkey police block rally backing Kurdish hunger strikes
Diyarbakir: Turkish anti-riot police used their shields to push back dozens of female relatives of Kurdish hunger strikers during an attempted protest in the southeast of the country on Thursday.…
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Middle East
Iran denies joint raid with Turkey against Kurd rebels
Tehran: Iran has denied a claim by the Turkish interior minister that it took part in a joint operation on Monday targeting Kurdish rebels in the border area. In recent…
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Crime and Accident
Clashes after Kurdish prisoner suicide in Turkish jail
Diyarbakir:The death of a Kurdish activist on hunger strike in a Turkish prison sparked clashes between supporters and police near his grave on Monday as his lawyers and Kurdish party…
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Middle East
Assad warns Syria’s Kurds that US will not protect them
Damascus: President Bashar al-Assad warned Syria’s Kurds Sunday that their ally the United States would not protect them against any Turkish offensive as Washington looks to withdraw it troops. The…
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Middle East
‘Strong suspicion’ Turkey police shot rights lawyer: local bar association
Diyarbakir:The bar association in Diyarbakir, Turkey’s biggest Kurdish-majority city, on Friday said three police officers should be treated as suspects in the 2015 murder of a prominent rights lawyer. The…
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Middle East
Syria Kurds reject ‘security zone’ under Turkish control
Qamishli:Syria’s Kurds on Wednesday rejected a US proposal for a “security zone” under Turkish control along the Syrian side of the two countries’ border. Senior political leader Aldar Khalil said…
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