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Two protesters shot dead in Iraqi Kurdish town: hospital


Saturday, 10 October, 2015 , 16:40 AFP Guards shot dead two demonstrators in the Iraqi Kurdish town of Kalar Saturday as protesters tried to storm the local headquarters of the regional president's party, a hospital spokesman said.

Two protesters shot dead in Iraqi Kurdish town: hospital


Saturday, 10 October, 2015 , 16:24 AFP Guards shot dead two demonstrators in the Iraqi Kurdish town of Kalar Saturday as protesters tried to storm the local headquarters of the regional president's party, a hospital spokesman said.

Iraqi Kurdish protests urge regional president to quit


Saturday, 10 October, 2015 , 15:00 AFP Thousands of people took to the streets of several towns in Iraq's Kurdistan region on Saturday, urging its long-time president Massud Barzani to step down.

PKK Kurdish rebels suspend attacks ahead of Turkey polls


Saturday, 10 October, 2015 , 12:29 AFP The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Saturday declared a "state of inactivity" after months of attacks in Turkey, pledging to suspend all offensive actions ahead of November polls.

Kurdish party leader accuses Turkey 'mafia state' over bombings


Saturday, 10 October, 2015 , 12:04 AFP The leader of Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party on Saturday blamed a "mafia state" in the country over a twin explosion in the capital Ankara that killed 30 people as they gathered for a peace march.

PKK Kurdish rebels suspend attacks ahead of Turkey polls


Saturday, 10 October, 2015 , 11:55 AFP The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Saturday declared a "state of inactivity" after months of attacks in Turkey, pledging to suspend all offensive actions ahead of November polls.

PKK Kurdish rebels suspend attacks ahead of Turkey polls: statement


Saturday, 10 October, 2015 , 11:41 AFP

Two killed in protest in Iraq's Kurdish region


Saturday, 10 October, 2015 , 10:40 AFP Two demonstrators, including a 14-year-old boy, were killed in Iraq's Kurdistan region when security forces opened fire on a protest by civil servants over unpaid salaries, officials and witnesses said Saturday.

PKK leader says ready for new Turkey ceasefire


Friday, 9 October, 2015 , 11:17 AFP The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) is ready for a new ceasefire with the Turkish authorities despite almost three months of deadly violence, one of its leaders told AFP in an interview at its stronghold in northern Iraq.

Kurds say IS used mustard gas in Iraq attack


Thursday, 8 October, 2015 , 13:09 AFP Blood tests show the Islamic State used mustard agent in an attack on Kurdish peshmerga forces in August, the autonomous Iraqi region's government said Thursday.