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Iraq Kurd chief visits Turkey after peace process stalls


Friday, 15 November, 2013 , 03:49 AFP Turkey's prime minister will hold talks on Saturday with Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani aimed at restarting a stalled peace process, with decades-old divisions between Ankara and the Kurds far from over.

Disunity could scupper Syria Kurdish region: experts


Thursday, 14 November, 2013 , 02:42 AFP The announcement of a new transitional authority in Syrian Kurdistan marks a key point in the ethnic group's moves towards self-rule, but experts say disunity and war could still scupper their hopes.

Syria opposition blasts Kurd self-rule as 'hostile'


Wednesday, 13 November, 2013 , 16:24 AFP The main Syrian opposition alliance dubbed as "hostile" forces Wednesday Kurdish groups that control large swathes of the country's north after they proclaimed provisional self-rule.

Syria Kurds announce transitional autonomous authority


Tuesday, 12 November, 2013 , 17:23 AFP Syrian Kurds in the country's northeast announced the formation of a transitional autonomous administration on Tuesday after making key territorial gains against jihadists in recent weeks.

Syria Kurds announce transitional autonomous government


Tuesday, 12 November, 2013 , 16:47 AFP Syrian Kurds in the northeast have formed a transitional autonomous government, they said in a statement Tuesday, after making key territorial gains against jihadists in recent weeks.

Syria Kurds announce transitional autonomous government


Tuesday, 12 November, 2013 , 16:37 AFP Syrian Kurds in the northeast have formed a transitional autonomous government, they said in a statement Tuesday, after making key territorial gains against jihadists in recent weeks.

European court condemns Turkey for bombing Kurds in 1994


Tuesday, 12 November, 2013 , 15:41 AFP The European Court on Human Rights Tuesday ruled that Turkey bombed two Kurdish villages in 1994, killing 33 people in an attack Ankara blamed on Kurdish separatists.

Iraq keeps eye on Kurd-jihadist battle in Syria


Monday, 11 November, 2013 , 02:19 AFP As the latest jihadist-Kurdish military showdown eases in northeast Syria, Baghdad is keeping a close watch on a battle which threatens even greater instability in Iraq.

Iraq vows to work with BP on controversial oil field


Wednesday, 6 November, 2013 , 13:01 AFP Iraq said Wednesday it would proceed with work alongside British energy giant BP on a controversial northern oilfield, in a move likely to spark anger in the country's Kurdish region.

Syria Kurds oust jihadists from Turkey border area: NGO


Tuesday, 5 November, 2013 , 19:46 AFP Kurdish militia in northern Syria have expelled Al-Qaeda-linked fighters from the majority Kurdish area of Ras al-Ain on the Turkish border, a monitoring group said on Tuesday.