Tag: Kurds
Turkey says Kurdish militia kills soldier in northeast Syria despite ceasefire
One Turkish soldier was killed and another was wounded on Sunday after an attack by the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia in northeast Syria's Tel...
Syrian army begins to move troops to ‘confront’ Turkey: state media
AMMAN: The Syrian army has begun deploying its troops to northern Syria battlefronts to “confront a Turkish aggression” on Syrian territory, state media said...
Iraq unearths mass grave of Kurds killed by Saddam
SAMAWA: Iraq must never forget Saddam Hussein’s crimes or allow his party to return, President Barham Salih said on Sunday after attending the unearthing...
Clashes between Kurds and Syrian army leave 18 dead
AMMAN: Clashes erupted on Saturday between US-backed Kurdish fighters and Syrian troops in the centre of the city of Qamishli in northeastern Syria that...
Turkish attack on Kurds reverberates in Germany
BERLIN: The Turkish army's attack on the Kurdish YPG militia is creating blowback in Germany and mobilising diaspora communities. A sustained Turkish intervention in...
Qatar supports Turkey military’s action against Kurds
DOHA: Qatar has thrown its weight behind Turkey's military offensive against Kurdish militia in Syria, coming to the defence of the "national security" of...
Turkey, Iraq talk for joint operation against Kurds in Sinjar
BAGHDAD: Turkey and Iraq are in talks for a joint operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) presence in the Sinjar province of...
Rohingyas, Syrian Kurds, among three million stateless worldwide: UNHCR
GENEVA: At least three million people worldwide are stateless, most of them minorities, a status that deprives them of an identity, rights, and often...
Kurdish rebels clash near Turkey-Iraq border killing 13
Turkey's military says eight Turkish security force members and five Kurdish militants were killed in a clash near Turkey's border with northern Iraq.
A military...
Iraqi Kurdish leaders offer to freeze outcome of independence vote
Iraqi Kurdish leaders offered on Wednesday to freeze the outcome of last month's vote for independence, taking a step back in a major crisis...
Why question Kurdish independence?
If we were to make a list of oppressed nations currently living under the yoke of injustice during the 21st century, we could not...
Iraqi forces take control of Kurdish-held areas in Mosul’s Niveveh’s province
BAGHDAD: The areas were evacuated by Kurdish Peshmerga fighters before the arrival of the Iraqi forces on Tuesday, the statement said. The Peshmerga had...
Baghdad accuses Kurds of ‘declaration of war’
BAGHDAD: Baghdad said on Sunday that foreign Kurdish forces were present in the province of Kirkuk in what amounted to a “declaration of war”, dramatically...
Baghad accuses Kurds of ‘declaration of war’
BAGHDAD: Baghdad said on Sunday that foreign Kurdish forces were present in the province of Kirkuk in what amounted to a “declaration of war”,...
Iraqi Kurdish leader Talabani’s body flown back to home city Sulaimaniya...
ERBIL, Iraq: The body of Kurdish leader and ex-Iraqi president Jalal Talabani arrived on Friday in Sulaimaniya, his home city in northern Iraq, from...
Iraq flight ban halts dig for lost ancient city in Kurdistan...
Ranya: Ismael Nuraddini peers into a hole in the earth of Iraq's Kurdistan region at what researchers believe could be remnants of a lost...
Macron’s invitation to visit France not related to Kurdish referendum: Iraqi...
BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday an invitation from French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Paris was not related to the...
