Tag: Kurds
Flight ban on Iraqi Kurds imposed after independence vote
ERBIL, Iraq/ANKARA: A ban on international flights into Iraq’s Kurdish region was being imposed on Friday after the Baghdad government retaliated against a vote...
Erdogan warns of ‘ethnic war’ risk over Iraqi Kurdish independence
ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday warned the Iraqi Kurdistan region against pushing for independence after holding a non-binding referendum, saying it risked sparking...
Turnout high as Iraqi Kurds defy threats to hold independence vote
ERBIL/SULAIMANIYA: Kurds voted in large numbers in an independence referendum in northern Iraq on Monday, ignoring pressure from Baghdad, threats from Turkey and Iran,...
Voting starts in Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence referendum
ERBIL, Iraq: Voting started on Monday in an independence referendum organized by the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq, despite regional and international...
Kurds: one stateless people across four countries
ARBIL, IRAQ: The Kurds, a non-Arab ethnic group, somewhere between 25 and 35 million people who are spread across four countries but without a state...
Israel endorses independent Kurdish state
Israel supports the establishment of a Kurdish state, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, as Kurds in Iraq gear up for a referendum...
Turkey detains Kurds, hits militants after twin bombings
Turkey detained over 200 people including dozens of officials from pro-Kurdish parties and struck Kurdish militants in Iraq on Monday in response to this...
Iraqi Kurds’ destruction of Arab villages could be war crime: HRW
Iraq’s Kurdish security forces have unlawfully destroyed Arab homes and villages in northern Iraq over the past two years in what may amount to...
Russia says Turkey suppresses Kurds under pretext of fighting terrorism
Anakara is hindering Kurdish forces in their fight against Islamic State and using the slogan of a “war against terrorism” to suppress Kurdish organizations...
Turkey pounds Kurdish bases after Ankara bombing
Turkish warplanes pounded Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq Monday, the day after a suicide car bomb tore through downtown Ankara killing at least...
