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As Anti-Hijab Protests Rage, Iranians In Iraq Tell Of Repression At Home
As deadly protests flare in Iran after the death of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, Iranians who have crossed into neighbouring Iraq's Kurdistan region for work speak fearfully of repression back home.
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US Leaves "High-Value" ISIS Detainees Behind In Syria: Report
The American military was unable to carry out a plan to transfer about five dozen "high value" Islamic State detainees out of Kurdish-run wartime prisons, The New York Times (NYT) reported on Sunday.
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Syria Kurds Call Up Civilians For Defence Against Turkish Assault
The Kurdish administration in northeastern Syria called up civilians on Wednesday to defend the region against a feared Turkish assault, believed to be imminent.
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British Woman Killed Fighting Alongside Kurds In Syria's Afrin
A British woman, Anna Campbell, fighting alongside Kurdish forces in the Syrian region of Afrin was killed in the Turkish-led offensive on the area, a spokeswoman for the forces said Monday.
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Turkish Forces Shell Convoy Headed To Syria's Afrin Region
The Turkish army struck a convoy entering Syria's Kurdish-held Afrin region, which Ankara said carried fighters and weapons but Kurdish forces said was made up of civilians entering with food and medicine.
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Russia's Biggest Oil Firm To Control Iraqi Kurdish Pipeline Amid Crisis
Russia's biggest oil company, Rosneft, has agreed to take control of Iraqi Kurdistan's main oil pipeline, boosting its investment in the autonomous region to $3.5 billion despite Baghdad's military action sparked by a Kurdish vote for independence
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Bombs Kill 7 Near Iranian Kurdish Party Head Quarters In Iraq: Official
Twin bombings near the headquarters of an Iranian Kurdish opposition party killed seven people on Tuesday, a rare attack in Iraq's relatively secure autonomous Kurdish region, a senior security official said.
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Mosul Battle Will Be Big, Won't End Soon, Says Kurdish Minister
Iraqi forces have advanced to 5 km from Mosul in an offensive against ISIS's last major Iraq stronghold and there are signs of revolt against the group, the interior minister of the Kurdish regional government said on Saturday.
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Turkey Removes Two Dozen Elected Mayors In Kurdish Militant Crackdown
Turkey appointed new administrators in two dozen Kurdish-run municipalities on Sunday after removing their elected mayors over suspected links to militants, triggering pockets of protest in its volatile southeastern region bordering Syria and Iraq.
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Turkey Vows To Cleanse ISIS From Border After Wedding Attack
Turkey vowed on Monday to "completely cleanse" ISIS terrorists from its border region after a suicide bomber suspected of links to the group killed 54 people, including 22 children, at a Kurdish wedding.
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Kurdish Special Forces Rescue Teenage Swedish Girl From ISIS
A teenage Swedish girl being held by ISIS terrorists in Iraq was rescued in a raid by Kurdish special forces last week, the autonomous region's security council said in a statement today.
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25 Killed In Clashes In Turkey's Kurdish Southeast
At least nine civilians and 16 rebel fighters have been killed as security forces battle militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, the army and the region's main political party said on Monday.
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Offensive Against ISIS In Mosul Unlikely In 2016 : Iraqi Kurdish Deputy PM
A much anticipated campaign to recapture Iraq's northern city of Mosul from ISIS is unlikely to happen this year, the Kurdistan region's deputy prime minister said, dampening hopes the militants could be driven from the country in 2016.
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2 Civilians, 2 Security Forces Killed In Turkish Army Action Against Kurd Rebels
Two civilians, a soldier and a police officer have been killed in southeastern Turkey as military operations to root out armed fighters focused on urban centres across the mainly Kurdish region, security sources said.
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Russian Strikes in Syria Again Halt North Iraq Flights
Flights to and from two northern Iraqi airports were suspended for 48 hours for the second time in roughly two weeks due to Russian strikes in Syria, officials said today.
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As Anti-Hijab Protests Rage, Iranians In Iraq Tell Of Repression At Home
As deadly protests flare in Iran after the death of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, Iranians who have crossed into neighbouring Iraq's Kurdistan region for work speak fearfully of repression back home.
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US Leaves "High-Value" ISIS Detainees Behind In Syria: Report
The American military was unable to carry out a plan to transfer about five dozen "high value" Islamic State detainees out of Kurdish-run wartime prisons, The New York Times (NYT) reported on Sunday.
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Syria Kurds Call Up Civilians For Defence Against Turkish Assault
The Kurdish administration in northeastern Syria called up civilians on Wednesday to defend the region against a feared Turkish assault, believed to be imminent.
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British Woman Killed Fighting Alongside Kurds In Syria's Afrin
A British woman, Anna Campbell, fighting alongside Kurdish forces in the Syrian region of Afrin was killed in the Turkish-led offensive on the area, a spokeswoman for the forces said Monday.
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Turkish Forces Shell Convoy Headed To Syria's Afrin Region
The Turkish army struck a convoy entering Syria's Kurdish-held Afrin region, which Ankara said carried fighters and weapons but Kurdish forces said was made up of civilians entering with food and medicine.
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Russia's Biggest Oil Firm To Control Iraqi Kurdish Pipeline Amid Crisis
Russia's biggest oil company, Rosneft, has agreed to take control of Iraqi Kurdistan's main oil pipeline, boosting its investment in the autonomous region to $3.5 billion despite Baghdad's military action sparked by a Kurdish vote for independence
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Bombs Kill 7 Near Iranian Kurdish Party Head Quarters In Iraq: Official
Twin bombings near the headquarters of an Iranian Kurdish opposition party killed seven people on Tuesday, a rare attack in Iraq's relatively secure autonomous Kurdish region, a senior security official said.
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Mosul Battle Will Be Big, Won't End Soon, Says Kurdish Minister
Iraqi forces have advanced to 5 km from Mosul in an offensive against ISIS's last major Iraq stronghold and there are signs of revolt against the group, the interior minister of the Kurdish regional government said on Saturday.
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Turkey Removes Two Dozen Elected Mayors In Kurdish Militant Crackdown
Turkey appointed new administrators in two dozen Kurdish-run municipalities on Sunday after removing their elected mayors over suspected links to militants, triggering pockets of protest in its volatile southeastern region bordering Syria and Iraq.
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Turkey Vows To Cleanse ISIS From Border After Wedding Attack
Turkey vowed on Monday to "completely cleanse" ISIS terrorists from its border region after a suicide bomber suspected of links to the group killed 54 people, including 22 children, at a Kurdish wedding.
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Kurdish Special Forces Rescue Teenage Swedish Girl From ISIS
A teenage Swedish girl being held by ISIS terrorists in Iraq was rescued in a raid by Kurdish special forces last week, the autonomous region's security council said in a statement today.
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25 Killed In Clashes In Turkey's Kurdish Southeast
At least nine civilians and 16 rebel fighters have been killed as security forces battle militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, the army and the region's main political party said on Monday.
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Offensive Against ISIS In Mosul Unlikely In 2016 : Iraqi Kurdish Deputy PM
A much anticipated campaign to recapture Iraq's northern city of Mosul from ISIS is unlikely to happen this year, the Kurdistan region's deputy prime minister said, dampening hopes the militants could be driven from the country in 2016.
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2 Civilians, 2 Security Forces Killed In Turkish Army Action Against Kurd Rebels
Two civilians, a soldier and a police officer have been killed in southeastern Turkey as military operations to root out armed fighters focused on urban centres across the mainly Kurdish region, security sources said.
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Russian Strikes in Syria Again Halt North Iraq Flights
Flights to and from two northern Iraqi airports were suspended for 48 hours for the second time in roughly two weeks due to Russian strikes in Syria, officials said today.
