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Assad-Kurd barbs raise fears of new Syria fault line


Monday, 18 December, 2017 , 20:12 AFP Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and a Kurdish-dominated force exchanged insults Monday, raising fears of a new fault line in the country's devastating seven-year conflict.

Post-referendum woes spark angry protests in Iraqi Kurdistan


Monday, 18 December, 2017 , 18:05 AFP Protesters in Iraqi Kurdistan on Monday torched offices of the main political parties and security services as anger at the authorities boiled over in the wake of a failed independence push.

Syria's Assad and Kurds trade accusations


Monday, 18 December, 2017 , 17:53 AFP Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday called US-backed Kurdish fighters "traitors", sparking an exchange of insults with a force that controls more than a quarter of the country.

Syria Kurds accuse Assad of opening borders to 'terrorists'


Monday, 18 December, 2017 , 17:29 AFP A US-backed Syrian force on Monday accused President Bashar al-Assad of opening the country's borders to "foreign terrorists" after he labelled its fighters "traitors".

Syria Kurds accuse Assad of opening borders to jihadists


Monday, 18 December, 2017 , 17:09 AFP

Post-referendum woes spark angry protests in Iraqi Kurdistan


Monday, 18 December, 2017 , 15:07 AFP Protesters in Iraqi Kurdistan on Monday torched offices of the main political parties and security services as anger at the authorities boiled over in the wake of a failed independence push.

Protesters torch political party offices in Iraqi Kurdistan


Monday, 18 December, 2017 , 13:59 AFP Protesters in Iraqi Kurdistan on Monday torched offices of the main political parties and security services as anger at the authorities boiled over in the wake of a failed independence push.

Syria's Assad calls US-backed Kurdish fighters 'traitors'


Monday, 18 December, 2017 , 13:45 AFP Syrian President Bashar al-Assad called US-backed Kurdish fighters "traitors" Monday, ramping up the rhetoric against the forces controlling more than a quarter of the country.

Protesters torch political party offices in Iraqi Kurdistan


Monday, 18 December, 2017 , 13:12 AFP Protesters Monday torched the offices of the five main political parties and a security services building in Iraqi Kurdistan's Sulaimaniyah province to protest corruption and demand the governor resign, one of the parties said.

Syria's Assad calls US-backed Kurdish fighters 'traitors'


Monday, 18 December, 2017 , 13:06 AFP Syrian President Bashar al-Assad called US-backed Kurdish fighters "traitors" Monday, ramping up the rhetoric against the forces controlling more than a quarter of the country.