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Gunmen Storm Iraq Kurdish Governor's Office, Killing 1
Three gunmen on Monday stormed the governor's headquarters in Arbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, opening fire and killing one employee before being shot dead, officials said.
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International Air Ban Over Iraqi Kurdistan Comes Into Effect
An ban on international flights to Iraqi Kurdistan, imposed by Iraq's central government in retaliation for the region's vote for independence, went into effect at 6:00 pm (1500 GMT) on Friday, Iraqi state TV said
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Kurdistan Rejects Iraq's Demand To Hand Over Airports, Baghdad Readies Air Ban
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on Wednesday rejected an Iraqi central government ultimatum to hand control of its international airports to Baghdad after Kurds voted to create an independent state in a disputed referendum
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Iraqi Kurds Vote In Historic Independence Referendum, Shrugging Off Threats
Voting started on Monday in an independence referendum organised by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq, ignoring the threats of the Kurds' neighbours and fears of further instability and violence across the Middle East.
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Almost No Doubt Kurdish Militants Were Behind Istanbul Attack: Turkish PM
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Sunday the government had "almost no doubt" the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) was behind a twin bombing that killed more than 30 people outside a soccer stadium in Istanbul.
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Syrian Kurds Evacuate City As Battle With Bashar Al-Assad Intensifies
Syrian Kurdish authorities evacuated thousands of civilians from Kurdish areas of a city in northeastern Syria on a second day of government air strikes today, a spokesman for the Kurdish YPG militia said.
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ISIS Bomb Supply Chain Includes Firms In 20 Countries Including India: Report
Companies from 20 countries are involved in the supply chain of components that end up in ISIS explosives, a study found today, suggesting governments and firms need to do more to track the flow of cables, chemicals and other equipment.
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A Mosaic Of A Syrian Family's Flight
Interviews with 20 relatives, in Iraqi Kurdistan, in Istanbul, in five German towns and by phone in Syria, tell a story of a family chewed up by one party to the Syrian conflict after another: the Syrian government, the Islamic State, neighboring countries, the West.
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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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Vladimir Putin Opens Huge New Mosque in Russian Capital
Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow today opened one of the biggest mosques in Europe, warning against the lure of jihadists as the government frets over its citizens fighting for the Islamic State group.
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Bomb Kills 10 Turkish Police Officers as Jets Strike PKK in Iraq
Ten police officers were killed in a bomb attack on a minibus in a Turkish province bordering Armenia and Iran on Tuesday, a government official told Reuters, the edge of a region beset by violence between Kurdish militants and the Turkish state.
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US Transfers Widow of Top Islamic State Figure to Iraqi Custody
The United States on Thursday handed over to Iraqi authorities the widow of a senior Islamic State leader who had been detained by US forces since May, the Pentagon announced.
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Turkish Jets Bomb PKK Kurdish Rebels in Iraq: Spokesman
Turkish warplanes bombed military positions of Turkey's rebel Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in neighbouring Iraq Friday, a spokesman for the rebel organisation said.
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Pentagon Chief Ashton Carter Visits Iraqi Kurdistan
Pentagon chief Ashton Carter met Iraqi Kurdish president Massud Barzani Friday on the second day of a trip to Iraq aimed at reviewing efforts to defeat the Islamic State group.
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Gunmen Storm Iraq Kurdish Governor's Office, Killing 1
Three gunmen on Monday stormed the governor's headquarters in Arbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, opening fire and killing one employee before being shot dead, officials said.
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International Air Ban Over Iraqi Kurdistan Comes Into Effect
An ban on international flights to Iraqi Kurdistan, imposed by Iraq's central government in retaliation for the region's vote for independence, went into effect at 6:00 pm (1500 GMT) on Friday, Iraqi state TV said
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Kurdistan Rejects Iraq's Demand To Hand Over Airports, Baghdad Readies Air Ban
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on Wednesday rejected an Iraqi central government ultimatum to hand control of its international airports to Baghdad after Kurds voted to create an independent state in a disputed referendum
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Iraqi Kurds Vote In Historic Independence Referendum, Shrugging Off Threats
Voting started on Monday in an independence referendum organised by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq, ignoring the threats of the Kurds' neighbours and fears of further instability and violence across the Middle East.
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Almost No Doubt Kurdish Militants Were Behind Istanbul Attack: Turkish PM
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Sunday the government had "almost no doubt" the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) was behind a twin bombing that killed more than 30 people outside a soccer stadium in Istanbul.
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Syrian Kurds Evacuate City As Battle With Bashar Al-Assad Intensifies
Syrian Kurdish authorities evacuated thousands of civilians from Kurdish areas of a city in northeastern Syria on a second day of government air strikes today, a spokesman for the Kurdish YPG militia said.
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ISIS Bomb Supply Chain Includes Firms In 20 Countries Including India: Report
Companies from 20 countries are involved in the supply chain of components that end up in ISIS explosives, a study found today, suggesting governments and firms need to do more to track the flow of cables, chemicals and other equipment.
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A Mosaic Of A Syrian Family's Flight
Interviews with 20 relatives, in Iraqi Kurdistan, in Istanbul, in five German towns and by phone in Syria, tell a story of a family chewed up by one party to the Syrian conflict after another: the Syrian government, the Islamic State, neighboring countries, the West.
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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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Vladimir Putin Opens Huge New Mosque in Russian Capital
Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow today opened one of the biggest mosques in Europe, warning against the lure of jihadists as the government frets over its citizens fighting for the Islamic State group.
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Bomb Kills 10 Turkish Police Officers as Jets Strike PKK in Iraq
Ten police officers were killed in a bomb attack on a minibus in a Turkish province bordering Armenia and Iran on Tuesday, a government official told Reuters, the edge of a region beset by violence between Kurdish militants and the Turkish state.
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US Transfers Widow of Top Islamic State Figure to Iraqi Custody
The United States on Thursday handed over to Iraqi authorities the widow of a senior Islamic State leader who had been detained by US forces since May, the Pentagon announced.
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Turkish Jets Bomb PKK Kurdish Rebels in Iraq: Spokesman
Turkish warplanes bombed military positions of Turkey's rebel Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in neighbouring Iraq Friday, a spokesman for the rebel organisation said.
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Pentagon Chief Ashton Carter Visits Iraqi Kurdistan
Pentagon chief Ashton Carter met Iraqi Kurdish president Massud Barzani Friday on the second day of a trip to Iraq aimed at reviewing efforts to defeat the Islamic State group.
