Kurds

Kurdish battle positions Kurds as US ally against Iran

There may be a silver but risky lining for Kurdish nationalists in their devastating loss of Kirkuk and other cities on the periphery of their semi-autonomous region as they lick their wounds and vent anger over deep-seated internal divisions that facilitated the Iranian-backed Iraqi blitzkrieg.

Baghdad cranks up pressure on Kurds with flight ban

Iraq has suspended all international flights to and from the Iraqi Kurdish capital Arbil, sending anxious foreigners rushing to the airport, as Baghdad cranked up the pressure on the Kurds over their independence referendum.

US Navy Seal killed in Iraq as IS breaches Peshmerga lines

A US Navy Seal who was advising Kurdish Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq has been killed by Islamic State (IS) militants, US defence officials say.

Syria calls for UN action on Turkish attacks on Kurds

Syria has condemned Turkish military action against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria described it as a violation of its sovereignty.

Syrian Kurds 'razing entire villages captured from IS'

Kurdish forces have carried out a wave of forced displacement and mass house demolitions - amounting to war crimes - in northern Syria, a rights group says.

Former UK marine 'killed in Syria'

A former Royal Marine became the first Briton to be killed while fighting alongside Kurdish forces against Islamic State in Syria, the Kurdish militia

October 20, 2017
October 20, 2017

Kurdish battle positions Kurds as US ally against Iran

There may be a silver but risky lining for Kurdish nationalists in their devastating loss of Kirkuk and other cities on the periphery of their semi-autonomous region as they lick their wounds and vent anger over deep-seated internal divisions that facilitated the Iranian-backed Iraqi blitzkrieg.

September 29, 2017
September 29, 2017

Baghdad cranks up pressure on Kurds with flight ban

Iraq has suspended all international flights to and from the Iraqi Kurdish capital Arbil, sending anxious foreigners rushing to the airport, as Baghdad cranked up the pressure on the Kurds over their independence referendum.

May 5, 2016
May 5, 2016

US Navy Seal killed in Iraq as IS breaches Peshmerga lines

A US Navy Seal who was advising Kurdish Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq has been killed by Islamic State (IS) militants, US defence officials say.

February 15, 2016
February 15, 2016

Syria calls for UN action on Turkish attacks on Kurds

Syria has condemned Turkish military action against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria described it as a violation of its sovereignty.

October 13, 2015
October 13, 2015

Syrian Kurds 'razing entire villages captured from IS'

Kurdish forces have carried out a wave of forced displacement and mass house demolitions - amounting to war crimes - in northern Syria, a rights group says.

March 4, 2015
March 4, 2015

Former UK marine 'killed in Syria'

A former Royal Marine became the first Briton to be killed while fighting alongside Kurdish forces against Islamic State in Syria, the Kurdish militia

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