Wednesday, 19 May, 2021 , 09:56 AFP — Kurdish authorities in northeastern Syria on Wednesday reversed a decision to raise fuel prices following protests and clashes that left two people dead, a war monitor said.
Tuesday, 18 May, 2021 , 16:26 AFP — An Iranian Kurd seeking asylum in Iraq doused himself in fuel and set himself alight Tuesday near United Nations offices in protest against living conditions.
Tuesday, 18 May, 2021 , 15:00 AFP — A decision to hike fuel prices sparked protests across Kurdish-held parts of northeastern Syria on Tuesday that turned violent and left at least one demonstrator dead, a monitor said.
Monday, 17 May, 2021 , 18:13 AFP — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that Turkish forces had killed a top Syrian Kurdish commander during an offensive in neighbouring Iraq.
Wednesday, 12 May, 2021 , 11:07 AFP — The UN on Wednesday accused authorities in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region of intimidating and arbitrarily detaining journalists and activists.
Tuesday, 4 May, 2021 , 21:37 AFP — An appeals court in Iraqi Kurdistan on Tuesday upheld six-year jail sentences for five journalists and activists, after a trial criticised by rights groups.
Tuesday, 4 May, 2021 , 14:54 AFP — An appeals court in Iraqi Kurdistan on Tuesday upheld six-year jail sentences for five journalists and activists, after a trial criticised by rights groups.
Saturday, 1 May, 2021 , 02:11 AFP — One night last October in Iraq's far north, police dragged Shivan Saed from his bed and beat him in front of his family before taking him away, his brother told AFP.
Friday, 30 April, 2021 , 11:17 AFP — Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria on Friday handed over 92 Uzbek women and children suspected of family ties to the Islamic State group to an Uzbekistan delegation for repatriation.
Wednesday, 28 April, 2021 , 11:45 AFP — Kurdish security forces have detained dozens of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) supporters for protesting against the latest Turkish military incursion into Iraqi Kurdistan, a party official said Wednesday, adding some received "beatings".
