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Bombings targeting Kurds kill 17 in Iraq: officials


Sunday, 8 June, 2014 , 08:40 AFP — A car bomb followed by a suicide bombing hit offices of a Kurdish political party and security forces in Iraq on Sunday, killing 17 people, police and a doctor said.

Bombings targeting Kurds kill 10 in Iraq: police


Sunday, 8 June, 2014 , 08:17 AFP — A car bomb explosion followed by a suicide bombing hit the offices of a Kurdish political party and security forces in Iraq on Sunday, killing killed 10 people, police said.

Kurdish rebels ramp up pressure ahead of Turkey vote


Sunday, 8 June, 2014 , 02:47 AFP — Kurdish rebels in Turkey's southeast are ramping up attacks in a bid to pressure Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to speed up reforms ahead of presidential elections, analysts say.

Two Kurdish protesters killed in clashes with Turkey soldiers


Saturday, 7 June, 2014 , 21:41 AFP — Two Kurdish protesters have died of gunshot wounds sustained during fierce clashes with Turkish soldiers in the country's southeast on Saturday.

Kurdish protester killed in clashes with Turkey soldiers


Saturday, 7 June, 2014 , 20:21 AFP — A Kurdish protester has died of gunshot wounds sustained during fierce clashes with Turkish soldiers in the country's southeast on Saturday.

Language barrier cuts between Iraq's Arabs and Kurds


Thursday, 5 June, 2014 , 03:19 AFP — Ask younger Iraqi Kurds if they speak Arabic, and they often say no, or not well -- a linguistic barrier with the country's Arabs stemming from a nationalist backlash against Saddam Hussein's brutality.

Turkish troops wounded in clashes with Kurd protesters


Wednesday, 4 June, 2014 , 12:39 AFP — Five Turkish soldiers were injured on Wednesday during clashes with Kurdish protesters over government plans to build military barracks in the southeast of the country.

Turkish troops fire tear gas at Kurdish protesters


Wednesday, 4 June, 2014 , 07:48 AFP — Turkish soldiers on Wednesday fired tear gas and water cannon at Kurds protesting plans to build military barracks in the southeast of the country.

Turkey brushes off criticism over Iraqi Kurdish oil


Monday, 2 June, 2014 , 17:24 AFP — Ankara on Monday brushed off criticism from Baghdad that it is being "driven by greed" in an escalating row over oil pumped from Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region and shipped overseas via Turkey.

Iraqi Kurdish village 'shelled by Turkey'


Monday, 2 June, 2014 , 16:24 AFP — The Turkish military shelled a village in Iraq's autonomous northern Kurdish region on Monday, security officials and witnesses said, after a period of relative peace in the area.