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Turkey summons US ambassador over State Dept comments on Syria Kurds: reports


Tuesday, 9 February, 2016 , 20:01 AFP Turkey's foreign ministry summoned the US ambassador on Tuesday, according to media reports, after a senior American official angered Ankara by saying that Washington did not consider the main Syrian Kurdish party to be a terrorist organisation.

Turkey summons US ambassador over State Dept comments on Syria Kurds: reports


Tuesday, 9 February, 2016 , 19:04 AFP Turkey's foreign ministry summoned the US ambassador on Tuesday, according to media reports, after State Department spokesman John Kirby angered Ankara by saying that Washington did not consider the main Syrian Kurdish party to be a terrorist organisation.

Turkey summons US ambassador over State Dept comments on Syrian Kurds: reports


Tuesday, 9 February, 2016 , 18:30 AFP

Kurdish leader accuses Ankara of 'massacre' in flashpoint town


Tuesday, 9 February, 2016 , 15:57 AFP The leader of Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party on Tuesday accused Ankara of committing a "massacre" following reports that scores of civilians had been killed in a military operation against Kurdish rebels in a flashpoint town.

Turkey's Kurdish leader accuses Ankara of 'massacre' over southeast army operation


Tuesday, 9 February, 2016 , 13:37 AFP The leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democracy Party on Tuesday accused Ankara of committing a "massacre," following reports that scores of civilians had been killed in a military operation against Kurdish rebels in a southeastern town.

Turkey's Kurdish leader accuses Ankara of 'massacre' over southeast army operation


Tuesday, 9 February, 2016 , 13:09 AFP The leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democracy Party on Tuesday accused Ankara of committing a "massacre," following reports that scores of civilians had been killed in a military operation against Kurdish rebels in a southeastern town.

Doctors, police protest over unpaid wages in Iraqi Kurdistan


Monday, 8 February, 2016 , 16:50 AFP Doctors and traffic police protested Monday in the cash-strapped Kurdish region of northern Iraq, as discontent mounted over unpaid salaries and wage cuts in the government sector.

Iraq deploying thousands of troops to retake Mosul


Monday, 8 February, 2016 , 14:36 AFP The Iraqi army is deploying thousands of soldiers to a northern base in preparation for operations to retake the Islamic State group's hub of Mosul, officials said on Monday.

Iraq deploying thousands of troops to retake Mosul


Monday, 8 February, 2016 , 11:43 AFP The Iraqi army is deploying thousands of soldiers to a northern base in preparation for operations to retake the Islamic State group's hub of Mosul, officials said on Monday.

Syria rebels lose new ground to Kurds, regime: monitor


Monday, 8 February, 2016 , 10:03 AFP Syrian rebels have withdrawn from three villages threatened by Russian strikes in the northern province of Aleppo that borders Turkey, allowing Kurdish fighters to overrun them, a monitor said Monday.