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Calm restored at Kurd-run Syria jail after IS riot


Monday, 30 March, 2020 , 11:09 AFP Kurdish-led security forces said they restored calm Monday at a prison in northeast Syria after a riot by Islamic State group inmates.

Aid-deprived and under-equipped, NE Syria faces virus threat


Wednesday, 25 March, 2020 , 02:52 AFP Deprived of cross-border aid and already low on medical supplies, northeast Syria is grappling with the threat of a virus outbreak that aid groups and officials fear could ravage the region.

Turkey dismisses eight more pro-Kurdish mayors


Monday, 23 March, 2020 , 18:53 AFP Eight more mayors from Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party were dismissed on Monday on suspicion of links with Kurdish militants and were replaced by government-appointed trustees, the interior ministry said.

Coronavirus curfew shuts down cities in Iraq's Kurdish region


Saturday, 14 March, 2020 , 14:02 AFP Pigeons are the only visitors to Arbil's citadel, normally buzzing with tourists, and security forces in masks and gloves have emptied cobblestone streets below as the Iraqi city goes into lockdown.

Turkey jails Kurdish ex-mayor for nine years on 'terror' links


Monday, 9 March, 2020 , 19:37 AFP A Turkish court on Monday sentenced the ex-mayor of a major Kurdish city to more than nine years in prison after convicting him of "membership in an armed terror group."

Turkey sentences Kurdish ex-mayor for 'terror' links


Monday, 9 March, 2020 , 16:51 AFP A Turkish court on Monday sentenced the ex-mayor of a major Kurdish city to more than nine years in prison after convicting him of "membership in an armed terror group."

Turkey jails Kurdish ex-mayor on terror conviction


Monday, 9 March, 2020 , 14:45 AFP A Turkish court on Monday sentenced the ex-mayor of a major Kurdish city to more than nine years in prison after convicting him of "membership in an armed terror group."

In northeast Syria, US and Russia in fragile coexistence


Monday, 9 March, 2020 , 10:51 AFP On a Syrian highway, Hussein Abdel Hamid recently found himself trapped inside his car. A US army patrol had encountered Russian tanks down the road, neither allowing the other passage.

Jailed Kurdish leader becomes literary star behind bars


Saturday, 29 February, 2020 , 05:00 AFP He may be languishing in jail but with his books flying off the shelves, Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas has joined an illustrious line of Turkish prison writers.

Syria's Kurds renew appeal for aid to judge jihadists


Sunday, 23 February, 2020 , 15:52 AFP Syria's Kurds on Sunday renewed their appeal for international aid to put on trial thousands of captured members of the Islamic State group, including Western nationals.