Monday, 18 March, 2019 , 13:31 AFP — The death of a Kurdish activist on hunger strike in a Turkish prison sparked clashes between supporters and police near his grave on Monday, as his lawyers and Kurdish party officials said he had committed suicide.

Monday, 18 March, 2019 , 13:25 AFP — Syrian government forces will reclaim control of eastern areas controlled by the US-backed Kurds, whether by force or through reconciliation, the defence minister warned Monday.

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Monday, 18 March, 2019 , 12:32 AFP — Turkey and Iran on Monday started a joint military operation against Kurdish rebels on Turkey's eastern border, state-run Anadolu news agency quoted the interior minister as saying.

Monday, 18 March, 2019 , 12:10 AFP — Turkey and Iran on Monday started a joint military operation against Kurdish rebels on Turkey's eastern border, state-run Anadolu news agency quoted the interior minister as saying.

Monday, 18 March, 2019 , 09:17 AFP — Two Iraqi soldiers were killed in rare clashes Sunday with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the north of the country where the group has bases, the army said overnight.

Saturday, 16 March, 2019 , 16:20 AFP — Hundreds of Kurds gathered in the Iraqi town of Halabja on Saturday in a tearful ceremony commemorating Saddam Hussein's poison gas attack there which killed some 5,000 people, mostly women and children.

Saturday, 16 March, 2019 , 10:26 AFP — US-backed forces battled Islamic State group fighters overnight as the jihadists Saturday clung onto their crumbling bastion in eastern Syria.

Monday, 11 March, 2019 , 17:52 AFP — Kurdish-led forces on Monday pounded the last scrap of land held by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria after hundreds more people surrendered.

Monday, 11 March, 2019 , 14:41 AFP — Kurdish-led forces Monday slowed an assault to retake a last scrap of land held by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria after hundreds more people surrendered.