Kurds

Turkish PM meets Iraq’s Kurdish leaders

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has met with leaders in Iraq’s Kurdistan capital of Erbil, his second stop in the violence-plagued country after Baghdad, as he continues the bond-building visit. In talks with the Kurdish region’s President Masoud Barazani on Friday, energy and military cooperation were discussed following a visit[…]

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Car bomb hits Iraqi city of Irbil

A Kurdish official in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil says a suicide car bomber has struck in the heart of the city, inflicting an unknown number of casualties. Wednesday’s bombing in Irbil, capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq, took place near the historic citadel. Mayor Nawzad[…]

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ISIL shells Kobane’s border post with Turkey

Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have shelled the border crossing between Syria and Turkey in their latest attempt to stop an expected arrival of Kurdish troops from Iraq to help defend Kobane. Friday’s bombardment of the Mursitpinar post came a day after a first contingent[…]

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Kurds weather IS assault, await reinforcements

Kurdish defenders of the strategic Syrian border town of Kobane awaited reinforcements Wednesday after weathering another onslaught by Islamic State rebels. Fighting appeared to have diminished after a fierce attack begun by IS fighters almost 48 hours earlier, including suicide bombers, witnesses and monitors said. IS rebels in east Kobane[…]

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US drops arms to Kurds in Kobane

The American military airdropped weapons, ammunition and medical supplies Sunday to Kurds fighting the Islamic State group in the flashpoint Syrian town of Kobane, in a move that could anger ally Turkey. It is the first time the US has made airdrops to Kurdish fighters defending Kobane and it represents[…]

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Turkey bombs Kurdish PKK targets in south

Turkish forces have attacked suspected Kurdish PKK positions in the southeast of the country, in the first major confrontation with the rebel group since peace talks began two years ago to end a 30-year conflict. Military statements on Tuesday said rebels belonging to the PKK movement attacked an outpost in[…]

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Kurds thwart IS in Kobane

Attacking Islamic State rebels met firm Kurdish resistance in the Syrian battleground town of Kobane on Sunday, as neighbouring Turkey heeded pressure to intervene and handed the US access to its air bases. In Iraq however, Islamic State (IS) fighters have government forces under strong pressure, and a roadside bomb[…]

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Erdogan vows to seek peace with Kurds

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday vowed to press on with efforts to make peace with Turkey’s Kurds despite deadly pro-Kurdish protests, saying he would work for an agreement until “my last breath”. Protests by pro-Kurdish demonstrators angry at the government’s policy on Syria have left 31 dead in Turkey[…]

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Deaths in Kurdish protests across Turkey

At least nine people were killed in demonstrations across Turkey, local media reported, as Kurds demanded the government do more to protect the Syrian-Kurdish town of Kobane from Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters. Police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters who burnt cars[…]

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Kurds protest across Europe, seek help against IS

Kurdish protesters clashed Tuesday with police in Turkey and forced their way into the European Parliament in Brussels, part of Europe-wide demonstrations against the Islamic State group’s advance on a town on the Syrian-Turkish border. The activists are demanding more help for the besieged Kurdish forces struggling to hold onto[…]

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