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Israeli film pulled from Iraqi festival competition


Tuesday, 30 October, 2018 , 12:33 AFP A film festival in Iraqi Kurdistan has removed an Israel picture from its official competition, prompting the jury to protest by refusing to present a top award.

Turkey says 'plans complete' for assault on Kurdish militia in Syria


Tuesday, 30 October, 2018 , 12:27 AFP Turkey has completed preparations for a new operation in northern Syria to "destroy" a US-backed Kurdish militia that Ankara considers to be a terrorist group, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday.

Syria Kurds beef up anti-IS front: monitor


Tuesday, 30 October, 2018 , 11:41 AFP Hundreds of Kurdish fighters have arrived in eastern Syria to help a US-backed alliance fight the Islamic State group after a major setback last week, a monitor said Tuesday.

Turkey shells US-backed Kurdish militia positions in Syria: state media


Sunday, 28 October, 2018 , 15:31 AFP Turkey's military on Sunday fired artillery shells at a Kurdish militia in Syria that is backed by the United States but deemed a terrorist group by Ankara, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.

Turkey shells US-backed Kurdish militia positions in Syria: state media


Sunday, 28 October, 2018 , 13:27 AFP Turkey's military on Sunday fired artillery shells at a Kurdish militia in Syria that is backed by the United States but deemed a terrorist group by Ankara, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.

Turkey shells US-backed Kurdish militia positions in Syria: state media


Sunday, 28 October, 2018 , 12:47 AFP Turkey's military on Sunday fired artillery shells on positions in Syria of a Kurdish militia backed by the United States but deemed a terrorist group by Ankara, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.

Turkey shells US-backed Kurdish militia positions in Syria: state media


Sunday, 28 October, 2018 , 12:35 AFP

Syria parents spurn Kurd schools over university fears


Saturday, 27 October, 2018 , 03:17 AFP After carefully packing her schoolbag, seven-year-old Rasha scrambles into the van that shuttles her daily from her home in a Kurdish-held neighbourhood of Syria's Qamishli to school in the government-held enclave.

France to take in 100 Yazidi women stranded in Iraqi Kurdistan


Thursday, 25 October, 2018 , 18:23 AFP French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to bring to France 100 Yazidi women who were victims of assault by Islamic State fighters in northern Iraq beginning in 2014, his office said Thursday.

Turkey detains Swedish citizen over alleged PKK links: state media


Wednesday, 24 October, 2018 , 08:41 AFP Turkey has detained a Swedish man over suspected links to Kurdish militants in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir, state media reported.