Wednesday, 1 August, 2018 , 13:31 AFP — Caucher Birkar, a Cambridge University professor of Iranian Kurdish origin, was named Wednesday one of four winners of mathematics' prestigious Fields medal, often known as the Nobel prize for math.

Saturday, 28 July, 2018 , 11:46 AFP — A US-backed Kurdish-led alliance said on Saturday that it is seeking a roadmap for a decentralised Syria in talks with the government which opened in Damascus this week.

Saturday, 28 July, 2018 , 10:07 AFP — A US-backed Kurdish-led alliance said on Saturday that it is seeking a roadmap for a decentralised Syria in talks with the government which opened in Damascus this week.

Friday, 27 July, 2018 , 16:16 AFP — Syria's Kurds have benefited from the chaos in the war-wracked country to carve out de facto autonomy in the territory they control in the north and northeast.

Friday, 27 July, 2018 , 15:06 AFP — A US-backed Kurdish-led alliance is holding talks in Damascus for the first time on the future of the swathe of northern Syria under its control, an alliance official said on Friday.

Friday, 27 July, 2018 , 12:17 AFP — A US-backed Kurdish-led alliance is holding talks in Damascus for the first time on the future of the swathe of northern Syria under its control, an alliance official said on Friday.

Friday, 27 July, 2018 , 08:39 AFP — A US-backed Kurdish-led alliance is holding talks in Damascus for the first time on the future of the swathe of northern Syria under its control, an alliance official said on Friday.

Friday, 27 July, 2018 , 07:35 AFP — A delegation from a US-backed Kurdish-led alliance that controls much of northern and northeastern Syria is holding talks in Damascus for the first time, an alliance official said on Friday.

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Monday, 23 July, 2018 , 15:11 AFP — Three teenage gunmen on Monday stormed the governor's headquarters in Arbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, opening fire and killing one employee before being shot dead, officials said.