Latest in Tag: Kurdish Highlight
Latest in Tag: Kurdish
Egypt condemns Turkish strike on Iraqās Kurdish region killing three
Iraqi officials labelled the strike as āblatant Turkish drone attackā
Fears among Kurdish-led forces after US decision to withdraw troops, Mattis resigns post
Trump justified move with early-morning tweet claiming US defeated Islamic State in Syria
Turkish ground forces enter Syria’s Kurdish-held Afrin, amid criticism
Turkey says its military forces have crossed into Syria’s Kurdish enclave of Afrin, as Ankara launched on Saturday an air assault to take the area held by the US-backed Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG). Turkish forces crossed the border into Syria’s Afrin district on Sunday, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said. At a news conference in …
US-backed Syrian Arab-Kurdish alliance retakes key border town of Manbij
An Arab-Kurdish alliance with support from US air strikes has retaken the strategic town of Manbij near the Turkish border. The fate of some of the 2,000 civilians who fled the crumbling ‘IS’ stronghold remains in doubt.
Egypt affirms necessity of unified Syrian territories: FM spokesperson
The federalisation is not purely Kurdish, but is comprised of Arabs, Assyrians as well as Kurds, says PYD official
Twin attacks on Syrian Kurdish city kill at least 16
The “Islamic State” has claimed responsibility for the attacks, targeting the Kurdish strongold of Qashmili in Syria’s northeast. At least 16 people were killed and around 30 more injured.
Middle Eastern conflicts spill onto Spanish football pitch
Inevitably, the mass exodus of refugees from conflict areas was going to provoke the spilling into Europe of multiple disputes in the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa. Spanish football is the first to feel the weight of the baggage that has turned vast numbers into destitute refugees. Kurdish rebels have accused a Syrian coach …
HRW Press Statement: ISIS Holds 130 Kurdish Children
Children kept hostage for one month
Journalists on trial in Turkey highlight Kurdish plight
Journalists held on trial for alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)