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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.

French police cause misery for migrants in Calais: HRW


Thursday, 7 October, 2021 , 10:11 AFP French police are inflicting misery on migrants in the northern port of Calais, routinely tearing down their tents and forcing them to wander the streets as part of a deterrence policy, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report Thursday.

Syrian hospitals hit hard as Covid-19 cases spike


Friday, 1 October, 2021 , 11:25 AFP Covid-19 cases have soared to critical levels across Syria in recent weeks, officials told AFP on Friday, with health facilities reaching maximum capacity and unable to cope.

Iraq-Kurd forum pushes Israel normalisation, Baghdad condemns


Saturday, 25 September, 2021 , 15:42 AFP More than 300 Iraqis, including tribal leaders, called for a normalisation of ties with Israel at a conference in autonomous Kurdistan organised by a US think-tank, drawing a chorus of condemnation Saturday from Baghdad.