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Syria Kurds, jihadists in fresh battles: NGO


Tuesday, 20 August, 2013 , 09:45 AFP Fresh battles broke out Tuesday in strategic, majority Kurdish areas in Syria, as jihadists and the main Kurdish party fought each other for control, an NGO and activists said.

More than 30,000 Syrians enter Iraq amid fighting: UN


Monday, 19 August, 2013 , 19:15 AFP More than 30,000 Syrians have entered Iraq in recent days, the UN's refugee agency said Monday, one of the biggest movements of people fleeing violence since their homeland's conflict began.

More than 30,000 Syrians enter Iraq amid fighting: UN


Monday, 19 August, 2013 , 18:13 AFP More than 30,000 Syrians have entered Iraq in recent days, the UN's refugee agency said Monday, one of the biggest movements of people fleeing violence since their homeland's conflict began.

More than 30,000 Syrians enter Iraq amid fighting: UN


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.

Hungry and scared, Syrian refugees flood Iraq


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.

Syrian refugee 'river' crosses into Iraq: UN


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.

Hungry and scared, thousands enter Iraq from Syria


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.

18 dead as Qaeda attacks Syrian Kurdish town


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.

Erdogan says PKK fighters still in Turkey: reports


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.

17 dead as Qaeda attacks Syria Kurd town


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.