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Turkish President urges Kurdish militant group PKK to disarm
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to surrender its weapons, signalling a potential breakthrough in the country’s most intractable conflicts. Speaking in the Kurdish-dominated city of…
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Turkish-backed forces advance on Kurdish areas in Aleppo, over 2L face isolation
Damascus: Turkish-backed factions launched an offensive on Kurdish-held areas in Aleppo province, leading to the isolation of over 200,000 Syrian Kurds, a war monitor reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said…
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Two Kurdish militants killed in Turkish drone strike in Iraq
Baghdad: A Turkish drone strike in northern Iraq killed two militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and wounded three others, the Counter-Terrorism Service of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region said in a…
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Turkish military kills 26 Kurdish militants
Ankara: The Turkish Defence Ministry on Friday said that its forcesresponded to an “attack” by the Syrian Kurdish People’s Defense Units (YPG) and killed 26 Kurdish militants. Ankara’s retaliation came after the…
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Turkey blast: 145 held for suspected links with Kurdish militants
Turkish police have conducted raids in several provinces and arrested about 145 people with alleged links to Kurdish militants on Tuesday, October 3. The detention was made two days after a suicide…
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Turkey launches airstrikes against Kurdish rebels after Ankara bomb attack
Ankara: Turkish forces carried out airstrikes in northern Iraq and destroyed 20 targets of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the country’s Defence Ministry has said. The Turkish airstrikes targeted the PKK…
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2 Kurdish officers killed in IS bomb blast in Iraq
Baghdad: Two officers from a Kurdish commando force were killed and seven commandos wounded in a bomb attack in Iraq’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, a Kurdish security source said. The attack occurred…
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Iraqi Parliament to elect new President
Baghdad: Iraq’s Parliament has decided to hold a session on Thursday dedicated to electing the next President of the country. On Tuesday, Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi announced the decision in a press…
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Turkey hits 16 Kurdish targets in Iraq: Minister
Ankara: Turkish forces have destroyed 16 targets of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Iraq, Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said. The operation destroyed caves, bunkers, shelters and command posts of the PKK,…
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Turkey’s President Erdogan pledges to expand the Syria incursion
Ankara: Turkey is determined to go ahead with a planned military incursion against the Kurdish militia in northern Syria, despite opposition from other countries, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. “I once again…
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Turkey in talks with Russia over presence of Kurdish militia in Syria
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Turkey and Russia have been in constant dialogue over the presence of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia in Syria. On his…
