Monday, 19 August, 2013 , 16:28 AFP — More than 30,000 Syrians have crossed into Iraq in recent days, one of the biggest such movements since the country's conflict began, the UN's refugee agency said on Monday.
Sunday, 18 August, 2013 , 14:55 AFP — Thousands of Syrian Kurds have poured into Iraq over the past few days, to escape deadly clashes between Kurdish fighters and jihadists and seeking a respite from privation.
Sunday, 18 August, 2013 , 14:21 AFP — Thousands of Syrians are flowing across the border into Iraq's Kurdish region to escape battles between jihadists and Kurd forces in their homeland, the UN refugee agency said Sunday.
Sunday, 18 August, 2013 , 12:14 AFP — Faced with brutal violence and soaring prices, thousands of Syrian Kurds have poured into Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, seeking respite from privation and fighting between Kurdish fighters and jihadists.
Saturday, 17 August, 2013 , 12:47 AFP — Al-Qaeda loyalists attacked a mainly Kurdish town in northeastern Syria sparking fighting in which 18 people were killed, two of them ambulance crew, a watchdog said on Saturday.
Saturday, 17 August, 2013 , 09:49 AFP — Turkey's prime minister has accused the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) of failing to withdraw its fighters from Turkey as agreed under a peace process, press reports said Saturday.
Saturday, 17 August, 2013 , 09:24 AFP — Al-Qaeda loyalists attacked a mainly Kurdish town in northeastern Syria sparking fighting in which 17 people were killed, two of them ambulance crew, a watchdog said on Saturday.
Friday, 16 August, 2013 , 11:33 AFP — The UN refugee agency said Friday it was scrambling aid in northern Iraq after thousands of Syrians crossed the tightly-controlled border in a sudden and unexplained influx.
Sunday, 11 August, 2013 , 15:50 AFP — Syrian rebel fighters kidnapped 13 Kurds in the northern province of Aleppo on Sunday, turning them over to jihadist fighters already holding 250 abducted Kurds, an NGO said.
Saturday, 10 August, 2013 , 15:29 AFP — Iraqi Kurdistan's leader threatened on Saturday to intervene to protect Kurds in neighbouring Syria, who are caught up in fighting between Kurdish forces and jihadists.
