Wednesday, 14 March, 2018 , 09:38 AFP —

Wednesday, 14 March, 2018 , 09:10 AFP —

Wednesday, 14 March, 2018 , 02:48 AFP — On March 16, 1988, as many as 5,000 Iraqi Kurds, mostly women and children, were killed when deadly gas was released on the northern town of Halabja by Saddam Hussein's forces.

Wednesday, 14 March, 2018 , 02:30 AFP — As a teenager Kamal Jalal saw two of his sisters killed when Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's forces launched a gas attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja.

Tuesday, 13 March, 2018 , 19:09 AFP — Turkey said Tuesday its army and allied rebels have surrounded the Kurdish city of Afrin in northern Syria, raising the prospect of another devastating siege in the country's long conflict.

Tuesday, 13 March, 2018 , 16:56 AFP — Iraqi authorities said Tuesday they were lifting a nearly six-month air blockade imposed on Iraqi Kurdistan in response to its holding of an independence referendum.

Tuesday, 13 March, 2018 , 16:26 AFP — Turkey said Tuesday its army and allied rebels had surrounded the Kurdish city of Afrin in northern Syria, raising the prospect of another devastating siege in the country's long conflict.

Tuesday, 13 March, 2018 , 14:13 AFP — Iraqi authorities said Tuesday they were lifting a nearly six-month air blockade imposed on Iraqi Kurdistan in response to its holding of an independence referendum.

Tuesday, 13 March, 2018 , 14:09 AFP — Turkey said Tuesday its army and allied rebels had surrounded the Kurdish city of Afrin in northern Syria, raising the prospect of another devastating siege in the country's long conflict.

Tuesday, 13 March, 2018 , 14:09 AFP — Iraqi authorities said Tuesday they were lifting a nearly six-month air blockade imposed on Iraqi Kurdistan in response to its holding of an independence referendum.