Monday, 21 December, 2020 , 10:26 AFP — A Turkish court on Monday sentenced a prominent Kurdish former lawmaker who went on a months-long hunger strike to more than 22 years in jail on terror-related charges.

Monday, 21 December, 2020 , 09:41 AFP — A Turkish court on Monday sentenced a former lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) to more than 22 years in jail on terror-related charges.

Monday, 21 December, 2020 , 09:29 AFP —

Friday, 11 December, 2020 , 12:30 AFP — Hundreds protested in Iraq's northeastern city of Sulaimaniyah on Friday against Kurdish authorities they accuse of being corrupt and causing a major fiscal crisis.

Wednesday, 9 December, 2020 , 19:49 AFP — Hundreds of people protested in several towns across Iraq's Sulaimaniyah province on Wednesday, local sources told AFP, as rights organisations slammed the Kurdish authorities' targeting of peaceful demonstrators.

Tuesday, 8 December, 2020 , 19:02 AFP — The toll from protests against northern Iraq's Kurdish authorities has risen to six dead, medics and officials said Tuesday, as rage swells over delayed public sector salaries and pay cuts.

Tuesday, 8 December, 2020 , 18:24 AFP — The toll from protests against northern Iraq's Kurdish authorities has risen to six dead, medics and officials said Tuesday, as rage swells over delayed public sector salaries and pay cuts.

Monday, 7 December, 2020 , 17:14 AFP — Protests in Iraq's northern Kurdish region turned deadly on Monday, with one young man shot dead during a march against political parties, a medical source told AFP.

Friday, 27 November, 2020 , 02:06 AFP — Decades ago, Iraq's Kurds and Israel shared a common enemy and what felt like being targeted in parallel persecutions.

Tuesday, 24 November, 2020 , 17:43 AFP — Twenty-nine people were killed Tuesday by explosives in three separate incidents in parts of north Syria along the border with Turkey, a war monitor said.