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Iran Guards report clashes, deaths near western border


Friday, 26 July, 2019 , 18:43 AFP Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they lost one soldier and killed a number of "anti-revolutionaries" in clashes Friday near the western border with Iraq.

Turkey unimpressed by US buffer zone ideas in Syria


Wednesday, 24 July, 2019 , 13:23 AFP Turkey said Wednesday that it was not satisfied with the buffer zone solutions offered by the United States in northern Syria, aimed at preventing clashes between Turkish and Kurdish forces.

Turkey, US open talks on Syria buffer zone


Tuesday, 23 July, 2019 , 14:24 AFP Turkey and the US began talks on Tuesday to establish a "security zone" in northern Syria aimed at creating a buffer between Kurdish fighters and the Turkish border.

Iraq exhumes bodies thought to be Kurds killed by Saddam


Tuesday, 23 July, 2019 , 12:10 AFP Iraq on Tuesday began exhuming the remains of dozens of victims, including children, likely killed during ex-dictator Saddam Hussein's campaign against the country's Kurds, a forensics official told AFP.

Iraq Kurds arrest two suspects in killing of Turkish vice consul


Saturday, 20 July, 2019 , 16:19 AFP Iraqi Kurdish authorities announced Saturday they had arrested two suspects involved in the murder of three people, including a Turkish diplomat, in the regional capital Arbil this week.

Iraq Kurds arrest suspect in killing of Turkish vice consul


Saturday, 20 July, 2019 , 14:29 AFP Iraqi Kurdish authorities announced Saturday they had arrested a Kurdish man from Turkey identified as the suspected shooter in the murder of a Turkish diplomat.

Iraq Kurds identify suspected shooter of Turkish diplomat


Friday, 19 July, 2019 , 14:33 AFP Iraqi Kurdish authorities Friday identified a Kurdish man from Turkey as the suspected shooter in the murder of a Turkish diplomat, as Turkish state media said he's the brother of an opposition lawmaker.

Squeezed by sanctions, Iranians seek day jobs in Kurdish Iraq


Friday, 19 July, 2019 , 09:52 AFP When the car pulled up to the curb in Iraq's Arbil, a half-dozen Iranian labourers swarmed around it. Squeezed by US sanctions on Tehran, they were hunting for work across the border.

Turkey launches air strike on Iraqi Kurdistan after diplomat killed


Friday, 19 July, 2019 , 02:05 AFP Turkey on Thursday launched an air attack on Iraqi Kurdistan in response to the killing of a Turkish diplomat in the region, the country's defence minister said.

Turkish diplomat among two shot dead in Iraqi Kurdistan


Wednesday, 17 July, 2019 , 18:43 AFP The Turkish vice consul to Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region was among at least two people shot dead Wednesday in the regional capital Arbil, prompting pledges of "retaliation" from Ankara.