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Kurds say 18 dead in clashes with Syria regime forces


Saturday, 8 September, 2018 , 09:53 AFP Syrian Kurdish forces said they clashed with regime fighters in the divided northeastern city of Qamishli on Saturday, leading to the deaths of 18 combatants.

Kurd forces say killed 11 Syria regime fighters in Qamishli


Saturday, 8 September, 2018 , 09:25 AFP

Kurdish leader jailed for 4 years over terror propaganda


Friday, 7 September, 2018 , 13:48 AFP A Turkish court Friday gave the former co-leader of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtas, who ran for the presidency this year, four years and eight months in jail for making terror propaganda.

Turkey's Saturday Mothers defy ban in search for sons


Tuesday, 4 September, 2018 , 02:57 AFP Hanife Yildiz, 66, says she last saw her only son, Murat, in 1995 -- when he was 19 and she handed him to Turkish police for questioning.

Turkish mothers' protest for disappeared blocked


Saturday, 1 September, 2018 , 16:51 AFP Police in Istanbul on Saturday blocked a weekly demonstration by Turkish mothers demanding state accountability over the fate of relatives who disappeared in the 1980s and 1990s.

Turkish mothers' protest banned over 'terror exploitation': minister


Monday, 27 August, 2018 , 11:33 AFP Turkey banned a weekly rally staged since the mid-1990s by mothers protesting against the disappearance of their sons and relatives on the grounds that it had been exploited by a terror group, the interior minister said Monday.

Istanbul police break up landmark Turkish mothers' protest


Saturday, 25 August, 2018 , 16:43 AFP Istanbul police on Saturday broke up a regular demonstration by Turkish mothers remembering the disappearance of relatives in the 1980s and 1990s, detaining almost 50 people as participants marked the 700th such weekly protest.

Senior US diplomat visits Kurdish-held territory in Syria


Saturday, 25 August, 2018 , 15:22 AFP A senior US diplomat visited Kurdish-held territory in Syria on Saturday as the minority negotiates with Damascus over the future of its semi-autonomous region.

Istanbul police break up landmark Turkish mothers' protest


Saturday, 25 August, 2018 , 12:06 AFP Istanbul police on Saturday broke up a regular demonstration by Turkish mothers remembering the disappearance of relatives in the 1980s and 1990s, detaining over 20 people as participants marked the 700th such weekly protest.

Ex-Kurdish party MP seeks asylum in Greece


Friday, 24 August, 2018 , 13:19 AFP A former lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party has requested asylum in Greece after fleeing Turkey in violation of conditional prison release terms, a police source said Friday.