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Published time: 5 Nov, 2017 04:20 Police deployed pepper spray and water cannons against a crowd of Kurdish demonstrators in the western German city of Dusseldorf after they refused to lay down portraits of a jailed leader of the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK), which is outlawed in Germany. Fifteen officers and at least three demonstrators […]
Published time: 29 Oct, 2017 14:58 Iraqi Kurdish President Masoud Barzani has confirmed his intention to step down on November 1 in a letter to the parliament, Kurdish Rudaw TV reports. “I refuse to continue in the position of president of the region after November 1,” Barzani said in the letter, asking the MPs to […]
Published time: 20 Oct, 2017 23:28 Edited time: 20 Oct, 2017 23:29 The US State Department is advising Iraq’s federal authority to limit its military activity in the country’s Kurdish northern region, as it also calls for “all parties to cease all violence” in the wake of violence in the town of Altun Kupri. On […]
REUTERS/Ako Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi government forces took control of “vast areas” in the region of Kirkuk, including oilfields west of the city, in the early hours of Monday, Iraqi state TV said, but the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) disputed the assertions. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered security forces “to impose security in […]
Turkey and Iraq have stepped up the pressure on Kurdistan after the semi-autonomous region of Iraq voted for independence. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to block Kurdish oil exports through Turkish territory, while Baghdad called for an international boycott of Kurdish oil sales. Read more The Kurdish people appeared to have voted overwhelmingly for […]
Paul Manafort is working with allies linked to Iraqi Kurdish leaders who are pushing a controversial referendum effort opposed by the US. Manafort has a long history of work on behalf of foreign agencies, including the pro-Russia Party of Regions in Ukraine. His recent work in Iraq could be an effort to bolster his finances as the […]
One of Washington’s main allies in their fight against the Islamic State in Syria says US forces will remain in the country’s north long after the jihadists are defeated. Enduring ties with the Kurdish dominated region is said to be a goal of the US. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a US-backed alliance of militias […]
Published time: 9 Jul, 2017 03:59 Ankara will respond decisively to any threats on its borders, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared at the end of G20 summit in Hamburg, warning against any push by the Kurds to secure their own independent region. The Kurds have been the main fighting force battling jihadist on the […]
Published time: 30 May, 2017 20:20 Edited time: 30 May, 2017 20:35 The US is now equipping Kurdish fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces with heavy machine guns, small arms and ammunition to battle Islamic State fighters near their stronghold of Raqqa, Syria. Read more Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon told RT that this move represents […]
Berlin has reportedly banned a total of 33 symbols used by Kurdish political and military groups, including the flag of a US ally in Syria, YPG militia, and a portrait of an outlawed Kurdish party leader. The move comes amid Germany’s tensions with Turkey. Read more In a letter, seen by German Spiegel newspaper on […]
