Syria Kurds hand three orphans of IS fighters to Russia
Kurdish foreign affairs official Abdel Karim Omar said the children, aged five to seven, are… Read More
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Turkey court jails six for life over 2016 Ankara bombing
Six men were handed multiple life sentences by a court in Ankara on Monday over… Read More
6 years ago
Friend or foe? Assad quietly aids Syrian Kurds against Turkey
ALEPPO/BEIRUT: Syria’s US-backed Kurds are getting indirect help from an unlikely source in their war… Read More
7 years ago
Turkey detains top medical group members over Syria criticism
ANKARA: Turkey on Tuesday detained all the top members of the country's main medical association,… Read More
7 years ago
Barzani to step down as Kurdish leader in Iraq
ARBIL, IRAQ: Massud Barzani, the president of the autonomous Kurdish region in Iraq, told a… Read More
7 years ago
Iraq Kurds offer to freeze independence vote
ERBIL/BAGHDAD: Iraqi Kurdish leaders offered on Wednesday to freeze the outcome of last month's vote… Read More
7 years ago
Baghad accuses Kurds of ‘declaration of war’
BAGHDAD: Baghdad said on Sunday that foreign Kurdish forces were present in the province of… Read More
7 years ago
Iraq tensions rise after Kurds warn of attack
BAGHDAD: Tensions escalated between Iraq's Kurds and Baghdad on Thursday as warnings of a "major… Read More
7 years ago
Iran puts economic squeeze on Iraqi Kurds
TEHRAN: International pressure mounted on Iraqi Kurdistan Saturday after its controversial independence "yes" vote, with… Read More
7 years ago
Erdogan sees Israel’s hand in Iraqi Kurdistan vote
ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Israel's Mossad intelligence agency played… Read More
7 years ago
Iran slaps fuel trade embargo on Iraqi Kurdistan
TEHRAN: Iran has embargoed exports and imports of fuel products to and from Iraqi Kurdistan… Read More
7 years ago
International air ban over Iraqi Kurdistan comes into effect
ERBIL: A ban on international flights to Iraqi Kurdistan, imposed by Iraq’s central government in… Read More
7 years ago
Turkey wants summit with Iran and Iraq after Kurd vote: PM
ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Thursday he wants to hold a summit… Read More
7 years ago
Massive ‘yes’ vote in Iraqi Kurd independence referendum
ERBIL: Iraq's Kurds announced a massive "yes" vote for independence on Wednesday following a referendum… Read More
7 years ago
Iraqi PM calls on Kurds to cancel independence referendum result
BAGHDAD/ERBIL: Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi demanded on Wednesday that Kurdish authorities “cancel” the outcome… Read More
7 years ago
Erdogan warns of ‘ethnic war’ risk over Iraqi Kurdish independence
ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday warned the Iraqi Kurdish leader against pushing… Read More
7 years ago
Damascus ready to discuss autonomy for Syria Kurds: minister
DAMASCUS: The Syrian government is ready to discuss autonomy for the country's Kurds, Syrian Foreign… Read More
7 years ago
Historic independence referendum for Kurdistan underway in Iraq
ARBIL: Iraqi Kurds are to vote in an independence referendum on Monday in defiance of… Read More
7 years ago
Kurdish government meets Baghdad officials on eve of independence vote
ERBIL, IRAQ: A delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government held talks with the Iraqi government… Read More
7 years ago
Saudi Arabia urges Kurds to scrap independence referendum
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday urged Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani to call off to… Read More
7 years ago