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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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Mother Killed By Mortar Fire In Curfew-Hit Turkish City
A mother of three was killed on Sunday when a mortar shell hit her apartment in a city in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast that has been under curfew for a month.
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7 Killed In Turkish Military Clash With Kurdish Militants: Army
Turkish troops killed six Kurdish militants in a clash in the restive southeast and one of three soldiers wounded in the firefight died in hospital, the armed forces said in a statement today.
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Turkey Kurdish Party Says Leader Escapes Assassination Attempt
The prominent co-chairman of Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party was targeted by an assassination attempt while travelling in his official vehicle but escaped unharmed, the party said today.
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Kurdish Forces Prepare for Battle to Retake Iraq's Sinjar
Kurdish forces are massing in northwest Iraq for an offensive to retake the town of Sinjar from Islamic State militants who overran it more than a year ago, killing and enslaving thousands of its Yazidi residents and triggering US-led air strikes.
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Turkish Military Struck Syrian Kurdish Militia 'Twice': Prime Minister
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said the military has struck Kurdish fighters across the border in northern Syria "twice".
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Turkey Summons US, Russia Envoys Over Support for Syrian Kurds
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 today.
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Three Killed in Violent Unrest in Iraq's Kurdistan Region
Three people were killed in a third day of violent unrest in Iraq's Kurdistan region on Saturday, as protesters attacked or torched several offices of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Sulaimaniyah province.
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Turkey Says 17 PKK Rebels Killed in New Curfew Operation
Turkish authorities today 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.
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Turkey Jails Mayors in Kurdish Southeast Over 'Self-Rule' Claims
A Turkish court on Sunday remanded in custody three mayors from the Kurdish-dominated southeast on charges of seeking to destroy national unity by allegedly supporting calls for regional self-rule, reports said.
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4 Turkish Security Forces 'Killed in PKK Attacks' After New Raids
Three Turkish soldiers and a police officer were killed Saturday in attacks blamed on members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in eastern Turkey, as authorities carried out new raids to arrest suspected militants.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan Vows No Let-Up in Fight Against Kurdish Rebels
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today vowed to fight on against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants, in the face of mounting attacks on security forces blamed on the Kurdish rebels.
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Kurdish Militants to Attack Dam Sites, Saying Turkey Violated Ceasefire
Kurdish militants will attack Turkey's dam construction sites in the mainly Kurdish southeast, the group said in a statement late on Saturday, another blow to a fragile peace process meant to end a three-decade insurgency.
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Islamic State Abducts 111 Iraqi Kids to be Trained as Terrorists: Report
Islamic State terrorists have abducted 111 school children from various districts of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul to use them in terrorist moves, a media report said today.
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Turkey Will 'Never Allow' Kurdish State in Syria, Warns President Recep Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey will never allow the establishment of a Kurdish state in Syria after major gains by Kurdish fighters.
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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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Mother Killed By Mortar Fire In Curfew-Hit Turkish City
A mother of three was killed on Sunday when a mortar shell hit her apartment in a city in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast that has been under curfew for a month.
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7 Killed In Turkish Military Clash With Kurdish Militants: Army
Turkish troops killed six Kurdish militants in a clash in the restive southeast and one of three soldiers wounded in the firefight died in hospital, the armed forces said in a statement today.
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Turkey Kurdish Party Says Leader Escapes Assassination Attempt
The prominent co-chairman of Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party was targeted by an assassination attempt while travelling in his official vehicle but escaped unharmed, the party said today.
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Kurdish Forces Prepare for Battle to Retake Iraq's Sinjar
Kurdish forces are massing in northwest Iraq for an offensive to retake the town of Sinjar from Islamic State militants who overran it more than a year ago, killing and enslaving thousands of its Yazidi residents and triggering US-led air strikes.
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Turkish Military Struck Syrian Kurdish Militia 'Twice': Prime Minister
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said the military has struck Kurdish fighters across the border in northern Syria "twice".
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Turkey Summons US, Russia Envoys Over Support for Syrian Kurds
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 today.
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Three Killed in Violent Unrest in Iraq's Kurdistan Region
Three people were killed in a third day of violent unrest in Iraq's Kurdistan region on Saturday, as protesters attacked or torched several offices of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Sulaimaniyah province.
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Turkey Says 17 PKK Rebels Killed in New Curfew Operation
Turkish authorities today 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.
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Turkey Jails Mayors in Kurdish Southeast Over 'Self-Rule' Claims
A Turkish court on Sunday remanded in custody three mayors from the Kurdish-dominated southeast on charges of seeking to destroy national unity by allegedly supporting calls for regional self-rule, reports said.
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4 Turkish Security Forces 'Killed in PKK Attacks' After New Raids
Three Turkish soldiers and a police officer were killed Saturday in attacks blamed on members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in eastern Turkey, as authorities carried out new raids to arrest suspected militants.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan Vows No Let-Up in Fight Against Kurdish Rebels
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today vowed to fight on against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants, in the face of mounting attacks on security forces blamed on the Kurdish rebels.
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Kurdish Militants to Attack Dam Sites, Saying Turkey Violated Ceasefire
Kurdish militants will attack Turkey's dam construction sites in the mainly Kurdish southeast, the group said in a statement late on Saturday, another blow to a fragile peace process meant to end a three-decade insurgency.
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Islamic State Abducts 111 Iraqi Kids to be Trained as Terrorists: Report
Islamic State terrorists have abducted 111 school children from various districts of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul to use them in terrorist moves, a media report said today.
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Turkey Will 'Never Allow' Kurdish State in Syria, Warns President Recep Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey will never allow the establishment of a Kurdish state in Syria after major gains by Kurdish fighters.
