Thursday, 7 August, 2014 , 07:22 AFP — Jihadist militants took over Qaraqosh, Iraq's largest Christian town, and surrounding areas when Kurdish troops withdrew overnight, fleeing residents and Christian clerics said on Thursday.
Thursday, 7 August, 2014 , 03:27 AFP — With a youthful and dynamic candidate, Turkey's main Kurdish political force is seeking to broaden its appeal in presidential polls where the votes of the Kurdish minority are set to play a crucial role.
Wednesday, 6 August, 2014 , 20:08 AFP — Kurds from Iraq, Syria and Turkey joined forces in north Iraq Wednesday to try to reclaim areas lost to jihadists and rescue thousands of civilians stranded in mountains without food or water.
Wednesday, 6 August, 2014 , 15:23 AFP — Kurdish fighters from Iraq, Syria and Turkey joined forces in northern Iraq Wednesday in bid to reclaim areas lost to jihadists and rescue thousands of civilians stranded without food or water in nearby mountains.
Wednesday, 6 August, 2014 , 11:42 AFP — Kurdish fighters from Iraq, Syria and Turkey were coordinating operations in northern Iraq Wednesday to reclaim areas lost to jihadists and rescue thousands of civilians stranded in nearby mountains.
Wednesday, 6 August, 2014 , 11:16 AFP — Kurdish troops battling jihadists in the northern Iraqi area of Sinjar will need days to open a safe passage for civilians stranded in nearby mountains, a top Kurdish Iraqi official said Wednesday.
Wednesday, 6 August, 2014 , 10:17 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish peshmerga forces are coordinating a counter-offensive against jihadists around the Iraqi city of Mosul with Kurdish fighters from Syria and Turkey, a political leader said on Wednesday.
Wednesday, 6 August, 2014 , 09:27 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish peshmerga forces are coordinating a counter-offensive against jihadists around the Iraqi city of Mosul with Kurdish fighters from Syria and Turkey, a political leader said on Wednesday.
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Tuesday, 5 August, 2014 , 15:57 AFP — The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which for years waged a deadly insurgency against Turkish authorities, called on all Kurdish armed groups Tuesday to unite against radical Islamist militants who have seized swathes of northern Iraq.
