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Istanbul authorities ban unprecedented Kurdish-language play


Tuesday, 13 October, 2020 , 15:36 AFP Turkish authorities have banned a Kurdish-language play that was due to be shown on Tuesday in Istanbul's municipal theatre for the first time in its 106-year history, organisers told AFP.

A year on, Syria civilians displaced by Turkey long for home


Monday, 12 October, 2020 , 08:52 AFP The five-month-old baby girl of Wadha Sharmoukh has only lived in a tent because Turkish troops and their Syrian proxies captured her family's hometown in northern Syria from Kurdish forces a year ago.

A year on, Syria Kurds displaced by Turkey long for home


Monday, 12 October, 2020 , 06:47 AFP The five-month-old baby girl of Wadha Sharmoukh has only lived in a tent because Turkish troops and their Syrian proxies captured her family's hometown in northern Syria from Kurdish forces a year ago.

Iraqi Kurds urged to free journalists, activists


Friday, 9 October, 2020 , 13:06 AFP Human rights groups have urged authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan to release a prominent journalist and an activist who had called for demonstrations over unpaid salaries of civil servants.

Kurds to allow IS-linked Syria families to quit Al-Hol camp


Monday, 5 October, 2020 , 15:46 AFP Syria's Kurds are to allow thousands of Syrians including families of Islamic State group fighters to leave a squalid and over-populated camp they run, a top official said Monday.

Kurds say to allow Syrians to leave overcrowded Al-Hol camp


Monday, 5 October, 2020 , 14:11 AFP Syria's Kurds have agreed to allow thousands of Syrians including relatives of jihadists to leave a squalid and over-populated camp they administer, a top official said Monday.

Turkey removes pro-Kurdish mayor over unrest


Friday, 2 October, 2020 , 09:56 AFP Turkey on Friday removed a pro-Kurdish party mayor after his arrest over deadly 2014 protests, replacing him with a state-appointed governor as part of a broader crackdown against the leftist group.

Turkey releases jailed German-Kurdish singer


Thursday, 1 October, 2020 , 09:49 AFP A Turkish court has released a German-Turkish singer after nearly two and half years in prison for membership of a terrorist organisation, her lawyer told AFP on Thursday.

Turkey, Iran deploy 'game-changing' drones in north Iraq


Thursday, 1 October, 2020 , 05:03 AFP Turkey and Iran are increasingly adopting "game-changing" drones as their weapon of choice against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, prompting fears for the safety of civilians and stoking geopolitical tensions.

Pro-Iran faction fired rockets at US forces in Iraqi Kurdistan: Kurdish authorities


Wednesday, 30 September, 2020 , 20:30 AFP The counter-terrorism division of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Wednesday accused the Hashed al-Shaabi, a state-sponsored paramilitary network dominated by pro-Iran forces, of targeting US forces in a rocket attack.