Kurdistan independence movement

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Suicide Car Bomb Kills 4 At Kurdish Checkpoint In Syria

A suicide car bomb attack killed four people overnight at a Kurdish security checkpoint in northeast Syria, the Syrian...

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India Begins Search For Missing Citizens After Mosul Victory

India on Monday announced it will send a top minister to Iraq in an effort locate dozens of its missing citizens after...

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Tens of Thousands In Syria Protest Expected Turkey Attack

Tens of thousands of people protested on Wednesday in a town in northern Syria against Turkey, as speculation mounts it...

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Washington’s Anti-IS Envoy In Ankara After Syria Visit

The White House envoy coordinating the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group was holding talks in Ankara on...

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Kurdish Designers Bring Fight With IS To Paris Catwalk

Dilan Lurr and his sister Lezan often ask themselves where would they be now if their parents had not left Iraq when...

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Erdogan Calls Iraqi Kurdish Referendum ‘error and Threat’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday strongly criticised the decision of the authorities in Iraq's...

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Journey To Statehood Still Long For Iraq Kurds

Many Iraqi Kurds hailed last week's announcement of a September referendum on independence as historic, but major...

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Iran Opposes Iraqi Kurdish Independence Vote

Iran voiced its opposition on Saturday to an announcement by Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region that it will organise a...

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Turkey Says Iraqi Kurds’ Referendum Plan A ‘grave Mistake’

Turkey on Friday warned that a decision by Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region to hold an independence referendum would be...

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Kurdish Referendum Would Distract From IS Fight, US Warns

The United States on Thursday warned that a decision by Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region to hold an independence...

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Iraqi Kurds To Hold Independence Referendum On Sept 25

Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region will hold a referendum on statehood in September, its presidency said Wednesday,...

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White House Approves Supply of Weapons To YPG In Syria

US President Donald Trump has approved the supplying of weapons to Kurdish forces battling the Islamic State group in...

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Turkey Threatens Further Strikes On US-Allied Syrian Kurds

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday his government is 'seriously saddened' by television footage showing...

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Syria Kurds, Turks Clash In Wake of Deadly Air Raids

Fighting erupted on Wednesday along Syria's northeastern border between Turkish forces and Kurdish militiamen, as...

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Death Toll In Turkish Raids On Syria Kurds Hits 28

The toll in Turkish air raids on Kurdish positions in northeastern Syria rose to 28 killed, a monitor said Wednesday, a...

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Turkish Strikes Kill Kurdish Fighters In Syria, Iraq

Turkish warplanes killed more than 20 Kurdish fighters Tuesday in strikes in Syria and Iraq, where the Kurds are key...

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Turkey Bombs Kurdish Forces In Northeast Syria

Turkish warplanes conducted a barrage of air strikes on Kurdish positions in northeast Syria early Tuesday, leaving...

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Trump Son-In-Law, Top US Officer Meet Iraq Kurd Leaders

President Donald Trump's son-in-law and the US's top military officer met with Kurdish leaders in Arbil on Tuesday, the...

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Turkey Ends ‘Euphrates Shield’ Operation In Syria

Turkey has officially ended the "Euphrates Shield" military operation it launched in Syria last August, Prime Minister...