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US-backed forces poised for assault on last IS bastion in east Syria


Friday, 14 September, 2018 , 13:24 AFP Fighters from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces sing for courage as they ready for battle, this time for an assault on the Islamic State group's last stronghold in the country's east.

Alleged Italian IS member held in Syria, say Kurds


Thursday, 13 September, 2018 , 17:30 AFP Kurdish fighters in northern Syria detained an alleged Italian member of the Islamic State group as he was trying to flee across the border to Turkey, they said Thursday.

Alleged Italian IS member held in Syria, say Kurds


Thursday, 13 September, 2018 , 15:36 AFP Kurdish fighters in northern Syria detained an alleged Italian member of the Islamic State group as he was trying to flee across the border to Turkey, they said Thursday.

Iran says strike on Kurd rebels warning to 'foreign powers'


Thursday, 13 September, 2018 , 11:52 AFP Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Thursday that a missile strike they launched on a Kurdish rebel base in neighbouring Iraq last week should serve as a warning to "arrogant foreign powers".

Iran Kurd rebels pick up pieces after missile attack


Thursday, 13 September, 2018 , 10:54 AFP A man wearing a white surgeon's mask sprays red paint at pockmarks left in a white wall by shrapnel -- honouring comrades who died in an Iranian missile attack in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Syriacs protest Kurdish authorities over Syria school curriculum


Wednesday, 12 September, 2018 , 19:02 AFP Kurdish authorities in Syria's diverse northeast are facing swelling anger from the area's Syriac Christians after shutting down more than a dozen schools run by the ancient minority.

Kurds, Christians split over Syria school curriculum


Wednesday, 12 September, 2018 , 04:14 AFP Kurdish authorities in Syria's diverse northeast are facing swelling anger from the area's Syriac Christians after shutting down more than a dozen schools run by the ancient minority.

Campaigning begins for Iraqi Kurdish parliamentary vote


Tuesday, 11 September, 2018 , 15:54 AFP Campaigning kicked off on Tuesday for a parliamentary election in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region amid political divisions a year after hopes for independence were dashed.

Iran calls on Iraq to hand over Kurdish rebels


Tuesday, 11 September, 2018 , 12:19 AFP Iran's armed forces chief of staff called on Tuesday for the authorities in Iraq and its Kurdish region to "expel" Iranian-Kurdish rebels on their territory, local media reported.

Turkey court jails six for life over 2016 Ankara bombing


Monday, 10 September, 2018 , 16:40 AFP Six men were handed multiple life sentences by a court in Ankara Monday over a 2016 bomb attack in the Turkish capital targeting soldiers, which left 29 dead and was claimed by Kurdish rebels.