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Unpaid teachers on strike in Iraq's Kurdistan


Tuesday, 6 October, 2015 , 12:13 AFP — Schools were closed for the third day running Tuesday in the Sulaimaniyah province of Iraq's Kurdistan region, where the cash-strapped administration has not paid salaries for months.

Turkey launches new overnight air raids against PKK: army


Sunday, 4 October, 2015 , 12:00 AFP — Turkish warplanes struck Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq and eastern Turkey overnight, in a new air operation against the Kurdish militant group, the army said Sunday.

PKK abducts two Turkish soldiers: army


Saturday, 3 October, 2015 , 15:17 AFP — Suspected militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) abducted two Turkish soldiers in eastern Turkey amid a flare-up of violence between Kurdish rebels and security forces, the army said Saturday.

Turkey says 17 PKK rebels killed in new curfew operation


Friday, 2 October, 2015 , 11:09 AFP — Turkish authorities on Friday imposed a curfew in the mainly Kurdish southeastern town of Silvan, saying 17 suspected Kurdish militants had already been killed hours after the military lockdown was enforced.

Iraq Kurds take back land from IS jihadists


Wednesday, 30 September, 2015 , 17:34 AFP — A ground offensive led by 3,500 Iraqi Kurdish forces Wednesday recaptured several villages west of the city of Kirkuk from the Islamic State group, officials said.

Two Turkish soldiers killed in PKK bomb attack: army


Tuesday, 29 September, 2015 , 20:11 AFP — Two soldiers were killed in southeast Turkey on Tuesday in an attack on their vehicle blamed on Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels, the army said.

Turkey's Erdogan vows no let-up in fight against PKK


Tuesday, 29 September, 2015 , 12:35 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed Tuesday there would no let-up in operations against Kurdish rebel strongholds, after a cross-border raid this week killed more than 30 militants.

Turkey kills 30 Kurdish rebels in cross-border raid: Erdogan


Tuesday, 29 September, 2015 , 11:05 AFP — The Turkish military killed more than 30 Kurdish fighters overnight in a cross-border raid in northern Iraq where outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants are holed up, the president said Tuesday.

Turkey kills more than 30 Kurdish rebels overnight in cross-border operation: Erdogan


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Turkey releases 32 pro-Kurdish media employees: sources


Tuesday, 29 September, 2015 , 08:54 AFP — Turkish authorities on Tuesday released 32 people working for Kurdish-language media detained overnight in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, local sources said.