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Hopes languish for Kurdish refugees in Iraq watching Iran vote


Wednesday, 16 June, 2021 , 03:32 AFP Stuck in Iraq for decades due to a lack of documents, Kurdish refugees from neighbouring Iran are watching elections in the Islamic republic this week with little hope for change.

Iraqi Kurd woman speaker battles a man's world


Tuesday, 15 June, 2021 , 02:37 AFP Rewaz Faiq is just one of two women serving as parliament speaker in the Middle East, where politics is a man's world, but the Iraqi Kurdish mother of two is unfazed.

Turkey 'eliminates' Kurdish militant near Iraq camp


Friday, 11 June, 2021 , 15:11 AFP Turkish security services have "eliminated" a top Kurdish militant during a special operation near a refugee camp in northern Iraq, state media reported Friday.

Iraqi Kurds in border zone flee Turkey's hunt for PKK


Wednesday, 9 June, 2021 , 04:01 AFP One fine day in May, Yohanna Khushfa gathered his 200 sheep and took off, along with 120 other villagers in Iraqi Kurdistan, fearful of the Turkish drones hunting Kurdish separatists.

Iraqi Kurd soldier killed by PKK rebels: mayor


Tuesday, 8 June, 2021 , 10:34 AFP An Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighter was killed Tuesday in an attack by Turkey's outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a local mayor said.

Iraqi Kurd soldier killed by PKK rebels: mayor


Tuesday, 8 June, 2021 , 08:24 AFP An Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighter was killed Tuesday in an attack by Turkey's outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a local mayor said.

Top Kurdish official killed in Turkish operation in Iraq: Erdogan


Sunday, 6 June, 2021 , 16:36 AFP A senior official from Turkey's outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) was killed in a Turkish intelligence operation in Iraq, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday.

Syrian Kurds hand IS relatives to Dutch authorities


Saturday, 5 June, 2021 , 21:14 AFP Syria's Kurds on Saturday handed four relatives of Islamic State group fighters, including three children, to Dutch diplomats for repatriation, a thorny issue for authorities in the Netherlands.

Syrian Kurds hand IS relatives to Dutch authorities


Saturday, 5 June, 2021 , 17:18 AFP Syria's Kurds on Saturday handed four relatives of Islamic State group fighters, including three children, to Dutch diplomats for repatriation, a thorny issue for authorities in the Netherlands.

Turkish strike kills 3 civilians at Iraq refugee camp: Kurdish MP


Saturday, 5 June, 2021 , 14:27 AFP Three civilians were killed Saturday in a Turkish drone attack on a refugee camp in northern Iraq in an area which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently threatened to "clean up".