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Syria Kurds denounce Amnesty 'war crimes' report


Friday, 16 October, 2015 , 13:01 AFP Syria's Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) denounced rights group Amnesty International for accusing its fighters of war crimes by forcibly displacing people and demolishing homes.

UN urges Iraq's feuding Kurds to respect democracy


Wednesday, 14 October, 2015 , 20:46 AFP Political parties in Iraq's Kurdish region, whose president's mandate expired in August, should respect democratic principles, the top UN envoy said Wednesday.

Turkey warns US, Russia over support for Syrian Kurds


Wednesday, 14 October, 2015 , 09:51 AFP Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Wednesday warned the United States and Russia against "unacceptable" military and political support for Syrian Kurdish forces fighting the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria.

Turkey summons US, Russia envoys over support for Syrian Kurds


Wednesday, 14 October, 2015 , 09:11 AFP Turkey has summoned US and Russian envoys to warn against supplying arms and support for Syrian Kurdish forces fighting the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria, a Turkish official said on Wednesday.

Turkey summons US, Russia envoys over support for Syrian Kurds


Wednesday, 14 October, 2015 , 08:49 AFP Turkey has summoned US and Russian envoys to warn against supplying arms and support for Syrian Kurdish forces fighting the Islamic State group in Syria, a Turkish official said on Wednesday.

Turkey says summons US, Russia envoys over support for Syrian Kurdish militia


Wednesday, 14 October, 2015 , 08:37 AFP

IS frees second Kurdish TV journalist: employer


Tuesday, 13 October, 2015 , 13:21 AFP The Islamic State group released Kurdish journalist Farhad Hamo Tuesday, three weeks after freeing the colleague with whom he was kidnapped in Syria, their employer said.

Ankara attacks intensify Kurdish party's conflict with Erdogan


Tuesday, 13 October, 2015 , 10:09 AFP The double suicide bombing on a peace rally in Ankara has raised a feud between the government and Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party to a new level, widening a dangerous polarisation as Turks head to November 1 polls.

Amnesty accuses Syria Kurdish forces of 'war crimes'


Monday, 12 October, 2015 , 23:09 AFP Waves of forced displacement and home demolitions carried out by Kurdish forces operating in Syria's north and northeast amount to "war crimes," a rights group said on Tuesday.

Opposition slams 'political coup' in Iraqi Kurdistan


Monday, 12 October, 2015 , 15:43 AFP Several Iraqi Kurdish politicians were barred from reaching their offices on Monday, in what the opposition called a "political coup" by the autonomous region's president.