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Armed Kurdish group kidnaps two Turkish soldiers: report


Sunday, 27 April, 2014 , 16:02 AFP An armed Kurdish group has abducted two Turkish soldiers in the southeast of the country, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported Sunday.

Armed Kurdish group kidnaps two Turkish soldiers: report


Sunday, 27 April, 2014 , 11:22 AFP An armed Kurdish group has abducted two Turkish soldiers in the southeast of the country, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported Sunday.

Iraq Kurds dig trench on Syria border to block militants


Tuesday, 15 April, 2014 , 12:56 AFP Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region is digging a trench along its border with Syria to prevent the infiltration of militants and smuggling from the war-racked country, officials say.

Iraqis in resort town face return to Anbar unrest


Sunday, 13 April, 2014 , 02:59 AFP When fighting erupted in Iraq's Anbar province in December, Abu Mohammed fled with his family to a virtually empty summer resort far to the north to take advantage of its off-season rates and wait out the conflict.

US senators file bill to take Kurdish groups off terror list


Friday, 11 April, 2014 , 19:39 AFP Two prominent US senators introduced legislation Friday that would remove Iraqi Kurdish organizations KDP and PUK from a terrorist blacklist.

New pictures of Iraq president recovering after stroke


Thursday, 3 April, 2014 , 16:01 AFP Iraqi media released new pictures Thursday of President Jalal Talabani, who has been in Germany since December 2012 after suffering a stroke, with the Kurdish leader appearing in good health.

Turkish police use water cannon against rally


Tuesday, 1 April, 2014 , 16:14 AFP Turkish riot police Tuesday deployed water cannon against protesters who claimed vote-rigging in weekend local polls in which the Islamic-rooted party of Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared sweeping victories.

Turkey frees 45 pending trial over Kurdish rebel ties


Thursday, 27 March, 2014 , 15:39 AFP A Turkish court has freed 45 people, including eight journalists, accused of ties to outlawed Kurdish rebels after more than two years of pre-trial custody, local media said Thursday.

Iraq to try Kurdish officer for reporter's murder


Wednesday, 26 March, 2014 , 13:51 AFP A member of the Kurdish peshmerga force will be tried for the murder over the weekend of a prominent Iraqi journalist at a Baghdad checkpoint, a judicial spokesman said Wednesday.

Crunch test for Turkey's Kurds in local elections


Wednesday, 26 March, 2014 , 02:40 AFP Turkey's Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan, dogged by a graft scandal and street protests, faces another headache as Sunday's local elections near -- rising discontent among the Kurdish minority.