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Iraqi Kurdistan vows to address 'root causes' of migrant flow


Wednesday, 10 November, 2021 , 21:10 AFP The government of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, the source of hundreds of migrants stuck at the Polish-Belarus border, said Wednesday it wanted to address the "root causes" of the problems pushing its citizens to emigrate.

Despite dangers, many Iraqi Kurds dream of reaching Europe


Wednesday, 10 November, 2021 , 15:33 AFP "Our life is awful," says Iraqi taxi driver Himen Gabriel, who no longer believes he has a future in his war-battered country and says he is about to try to reach Europe.

Turkish strike kills three in Kurdish-run NE Syria


Wednesday, 10 November, 2021 , 12:04 AFP The Kurdish administration in northeastern Syria said Wednesday that a Turkish drone strike that hit a car in the border city of Qamishli killed three civilians.

Despite dangers, many Iraqi Kurds dream of reaching Europe


Wednesday, 10 November, 2021 , 11:46 AFP "Our life is awful," says Iraqi taxi driver Himen Gabriel, who no longer believes he has a future in his war-battered country and says he is about to try to reach Europe.

Turkish strike kills in 3 in Kurdish-run NE Syria


Wednesday, 10 November, 2021 , 08:40 AFP The Kurdish administration in northeastern Syria said Wednesday that a Turkish drone strike targeting a car in the border city of Qamishli killed three civilians.

Drought gives rebirth to Iraqi Kurd village


Friday, 5 November, 2021 , 14:19 AFP The ruins of an Iraqi Kurdish village abandoned 36 years ago and submerged under the waters of a dam, have suddenly resurfaced thanks to sinking water levels in the drought-hit country.

Turkey proxies weaponising water in north Syria: report


Wednesday, 3 November, 2021 , 16:31 AFP Turkish-backed groups in northern Syria have weaponised water by building dams on a river that serves as a lifeline for communities living downstream in Kurdish-dominated areas, a report alleged Wednesday said.

Two dead in Iraqi Kurdistan in attack blamed on IS


Saturday, 30 October, 2021 , 21:37 AFP Two peshmergas, Kurdish Iraqi troops, were killed on Saturday in an attack in northern Iraq's Kurdistan autonomous province racked by Islamic State (IS) violence, local authorities said.

In Iraqi Kurdish city, women gain power without parity


Thursday, 21 October, 2021 , 02:22 AFP In the Kurdish city of Halabja in northeastern Iraq, municipal director Kwestan Faraj recalls the day when being a woman saved her life.

Syria Kurds hand over three children to Britain


Tuesday, 19 October, 2021 , 14:56 AFP Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria have handed over three British children who had been living in a camp housing the families of suspected Islamic State group jihadists, a senior official said Tuesday.