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Two soldiers killed in attack in Turkey


Saturday, 12 August, 2017 , 16:18 AFP An improvised bomb attack on a military vehicle killed two soldiers in southeast Turkey on Saturday, with state media blaming Kurdish separatists.

US urges Iraq Kurds to postpone independence vote


Saturday, 12 August, 2017 , 10:09 AFP Washington has urged Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani to postpone an independence referendum scheduled for next month but he requested something in return, his office said Saturday.

Turkey jails Czechs who 'fought for Kurdish militia'


Wednesday, 2 August, 2017 , 16:45 AFP Turkey jailed two Czechs convicted of fighting for Kurdish Peoples' Protection Units (YPG), seen as a terror group by Ankara but an ally to Washington, a senior Czech official said Wednesday.

Turkey arrests holidaying Briton over Kurd militia work


Saturday, 29 July, 2017 , 10:56 AFP Turkish authorities have arrested a British citizen while he was holidaying on the country's western coast on charges of working with a Kurdish militia Ankara classified as a terror group, state media said.

Turkey arrests British man at resort over 'Kurd militia links'


Saturday, 29 July, 2017 , 06:57 AFP Turkish authorities have placed under arrest a British citizen on charges of links to a Kurdish militia Ankara deems to be a terror group, after detaining him in a raid at a holiday resort, state media said.

Turkey parliament strips two pro-Kurdish MPs of status


Thursday, 27 July, 2017 , 17:57 AFP The Turkish parliament on Thursday voted to strip two pro-Kurdish lawmakers of their status of MP on the grounds of "absenteeism", their party said.

Rebel-Kurd clashes kill 15 in north Syria: monitor


Tuesday, 18 July, 2017 , 14:14 AFP More than a dozen Syrian rebels have died in hit-and-run clashes with a US-backed alliance dominated by Kurdish forces in the country's north, a monitoring group said Tuesday.

Rebel-Kurd clashes kill 11 in north Syria: monitor


Tuesday, 18 July, 2017 , 10:42 AFP Nearly a dozen Syrian rebels have been killed in hit-and-run clashes with a US-backed alliance dominated by Kurdish forces in the country's north, a monitoring group said on Tuesday.

Suicide car bomb kills 4 at Kurdish checkpoint in Syria


Tuesday, 18 July, 2017 , 09:36 AFP A suicide car bomb attack killed four people overnight at a Kurdish security checkpoint in northeast Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said Tuesday.

Iraqi Kurds referendum negotiating tactic, says official


Saturday, 15 July, 2017 , 13:51 AFP A top Tehran-based official from Iraq's Kurdish government has said its planned independence referendum is really a negotiating tactic to pressure Baghdad into meeting promises on energy and power-sharing.