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Turkish artillerys shell the People's Protection Units (YPG) positions near the Syrian border on 21 January 2018 near Hassa, as Turk's ground troops entered Syria to push an offensive against Kurdish militia. Picture: AFP.

Kurdish independence

Turkey says its air strikes kill 35 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq

By Reuters

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan had said on Saturday that Turkish warplanes had struck a meeting of the outlawed PKK in Qandil, where he believed high-profile...

  • Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Picture: AFP

    Friend or foe? Assad quietly aids Syrian Kurds against Turkey

    Turkey, which regards the Kurdish YPG militia in Afrin as a threat on its southern border, launched an assault on the region last month.

    1562 days ago
  • FILE: Iraqi forces hold a position in the area of al-Shurah, some 45km south of Mosul, as they advance towards the city to retake it from the Islamic State group jihadists. Picture: AFP.

    Iraq threatens to resume military operations against Kurds

    Abadi ordered economic and military retaliation against the KRG after Iraqi Kurds voted for independence in September in a referendum that Baghdad declared illegal.

    1663 days ago
  • Iraqi security secure the area of a car bomb on March 16, 2013, in the northern city of Kirkuk, which injured some 18 people. Picture: AFP/ MARWAN IBRAHIM

    In Kirkuk, Kurds' joy turns to fear after Iraqi army takeover

    An Arab couple who have seen Kirkuk change hands several times before said they now feel safer and more comfortable.

    1675 days ago
  • An Iraqi Kurdish man poses as he carries a child wearing the Kurdish flag on his head during a celebration in the northern city of Kirkuk on 25 September, 2017 as Iraqi Kurds vote in a referendum on independence. Picture: AFP.

    Hezbollah says Kurdish vote a step toward wider Mideast partition

    The United States came out in opposition to the vote, along with major European states and neighbouring countries Turkey and Iran.

    1695 days ago
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