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Kurdish, Iraqi forces arrest IS financiers: coalition


Thursday, 11 October, 2018 , 17:11 AFP — Ten members of a key financial network for the Islamic State network have been arrested in Iraq, the US-led coalition fighting the jihadists announced Thursday.

Syria Kurds say they hold 900 foreign IS fighters


Thursday, 11 October, 2018 , 15:52 AFP — Syrian Kurdish forces battling the Islamic State group hold around 900 of the organisation's foreign jihadists, a spokesman said on Thursday, a sharp increase from a previous figure.

IS attacks advancing US-backed forces in Syria's east: monitor


Wednesday, 10 October, 2018 , 18:45 AFP — The Islamic State group launched a deadly counter-offensive on Wednesday to repel US-backed forces advancing on a final jihadist-held pocket of eastern Syria, a monitor said.

Turkey police round up dozens over alleged PKK links


Tuesday, 9 October, 2018 , 08:26 AFP — Turkish police detained dozens of people over alleged links to Kurdish militants in an operation carried out in nine cities including Kurdish-majority Diyarbakir, the local prosecutor's office said Tuesday.

Turkey arrests 137 in anti-PKK raids


Saturday, 6 October, 2018 , 11:40 AFP — Turkish authorities have arrested 137 people in a country-wide operation over two days aimed at the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), state news agency Anadolu said Saturday.

Seven Turkish soldiers killed in bomb attack in southeast


Thursday, 4 October, 2018 , 14:48 AFP — Seven Turkish soldiers were killed on Thursday by an improvised explosive device in southeastern Turkey, the local governor's office said in a statement.

Seven Turkish soldiers killed in attack in southeast: report


Thursday, 4 October, 2018 , 10:56 AFP — Seven Turkish soldiers were killed on Thursday in an attack with an improvised explosive device in southeastern Turkey, the official Anadolu news agency reported.

Four Turkish soldiers killed in attack in southeast


Thursday, 4 October, 2018 , 07:14 AFP — Four Turkish soldiers were killed on Thursday in an attack caused by an improvised explosive device in southeastern Turkey blamed on "terrorists", the provincial governor said.

Iraqi PM designate gets challenge of forming government


Wednesday, 3 October, 2018 , 18:39 AFP — Veteran Iraqi politician and now prime minister designate Adel Abdel Mahdi Wednesday began the tough task of forming the next government, seeking to overcome sharp differences and unite fractious political parties.

Kurdish moderate Barham Saleh elected Iraq president


Tuesday, 2 October, 2018 , 21:00 AFP — Moderate Kurdish candidate Barham Saleh swept to the post of president of Iraq Tuesday evening in a parliamentary vote pitting Kurdish heavyweights against each other for the first time following an ill-fated independence referendum.