Tuesday, 13 March, 2018 , 10:46 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 , 10:30 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 , 10:05 AFP — Iraqi authorities said Tuesday they had ended a nearly six-month air blockade imposed on Iraqi Kurdistan in response to its holding of an independence referendum.

Tuesday, 13 March, 2018 , 09:57 AFP —

Tuesday, 13 March, 2018 , 08:41 AFP — The Turkish army and allied Syrian rebels have surrounded the city of Afrin in northern Syria controlled by Kurdish militia that is the key target of Ankara's cross-border operation, the military said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 13 March, 2018 , 08:11 AFP — The Turkish army and allied Syrian rebels have surrounded the city of Afrin in northern Syria controlled by Kurdish militia that is the key target of Ankara's cross-border operation, the military said Tuesday.

Monday, 12 March, 2018 , 20:04 AFP — Arsonists on Monday struck a Turkish community centre in Germany, the latest in a string of attacks which Turkey has sometimes blamed on Kurdish militants amid its military offensive in northern Syria.

Monday, 12 March, 2018 , 17:58 AFP — Hundreds of civilians fled a Turkish-led advance on Syria's Kurdish-majority city of Afrin on Monday, a monitor said.

Monday, 12 March, 2018 , 15:56 AFP — Arsonists on Monday struck a Turkish community centre in Germany, the latest in a string of attacks which Turkey has sometimes blamed on Kurdish militants amid its military offensive in northern Syria.

Monday, 12 March, 2018 , 15:42 AFP — Hundreds of civilians fled a Turkish-led advance on Syria's Kurdish-majority city of Afrin on Monday, a monitor said.