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Turkish-backed Syria rebels seize villages from Kurds


Wednesday, 1 March, 2017 , 18:02 AFP

To counter Turkey, Damascus sidles up to Kurds


Wednesday, 1 March, 2017 , 13:21 AFP Worried over Turkish advances in Syria's north, the Damascus regime has formed an alliance of convenience with the country's Kurds to prevent their common enemy from gaining ground.

Italy probes visas-for-sale security breach


Tuesday, 28 February, 2017 , 16:32 AFP Italy's foreign ministry said Tuesday it had asked a prosecutor to investigate the suspected sale of European visas by officials at its consulate in the autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq.

Top US commander for Mideast visits SDF in Syria


Saturday, 25 February, 2017 , 21:13 AFP The top US military commander for the Middle East made a secret trip to northern Syria on Friday to meet a US-backed alliance fighting the Islamic State group, officials said.

Iraqi Kurdish TV reporter killed in Mosul


Saturday, 25 February, 2017 , 14:39 AFP A female reporter working for Iraqi Kurdish channel Rudaw was killed by the explosion of a roadside bomb Saturday during fighting between government forces and jihadists in Mosul, her channel said.

Iraqi Kurdish TV reporter killed in Mosul: channel


Saturday, 25 February, 2017 , 14:14 AFP A female reporter working for Iraqi Kurdish channel Rudaw was killed Saturday covering the fighting between government forces and the Islamic State group in Mosul, her channel said.

Top US commander for Mideast in secret Syria trip: alliance


Saturday, 25 February, 2017 , 04:13 AFP The top US military commander for the Middle East made a secret trip to northern Syria Friday to meet a US-backed alliance fighting the Islamic State group, the alliance's spokesman said.

Top US commander for Mideast in secret Syria trip: alliance


Friday, 24 February, 2017 , 20:04 AFP The top US military commander for the Middle East made a secret trip to northern Syria Friday to meet a US-backed alliance fighting the Islamic State group, the alliance's spokesman said.

US-backed fighters advance on IS in Syria's east


Tuesday, 21 February, 2017 , 21:35 AFP An alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters seized more than a dozen villages in eastern Syria on Tuesday in their drive to encircle the Islamic State group bastion of Raqa.

Turkey Kurdish party co-leader given 5-month jail sentence


Tuesday, 21 February, 2017 , 15:06 AFP A Turkish court on Tuesday ordered the co-leader of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtas to serve five months in jail, in the latest legal blow to the politician.