Kurds residents in northeast Syrian have warned Kurdish groups in Iran against aligning with the United States (US) in any potential conflict with the Iranian government, citing their own experiences as a cautionary example. The warnings come as Iranian Kurdish militias based in northern Iraq reportedly hold discussions with Washington about the possibility of launching […]
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Syria gives Kurds four days to accept integration
DAMASCUS: The Syria government on Tuesday announced a ceasefire with Kurds forces in the northeast and gave them four days to agree on integration into the central state. The move comes after Damascus seized swathes of territory previously controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a key US ally in the fight against Islamic State. […]
Syrian, Kurdish forces reach ceasefire after clashes
DAMASCUS: Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced an immediate ceasefire on Sunday, ending intense fighting in northern and northeastern Syria. The deal followed the Syrian army’s rapid advance, including the capture of Tabqa city, en route to Raqqa. Read More: Syrian army advances despite US calls to halt Under the agreement, […]
US intervenes to ease tensions between Syrian government and Kurds
ALEPPO: A US-led coalition stepped in on Friday to de-escalate tensions between the Syrian government and Kurdish forces in northern Syria, following the Syrian army’s efforts to assert control over Kurdish-held areas. Read More: Syria warns renewed strikes on Aleppo Kurds After expelling Kurdish fighters from Aleppo last week, Damascus deployed reinforcements near Deir Hafer, about 50 […]
Drone strike kills 4 PKK fighters in Iraqi Kurdistan: security
Sulaimaniyah, Iraq: Four fighters affiliated with Turkey’s banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were killed Friday in a Turkish drone strike in Iraq’s autonomous northern region, Kurdish officials said. Turkish army drones targeted a “vehicle belonging to PKK fighters” in the city of Kalar, the anti-terrorist squad in Iraqi Kurdistan said in a statement. It killed […]
Seven Kurdish family members killed in Turkey attack
Seven members of a Kurdish family were killed Friday in central Turkey by armed assailants who tried to burn their house in what rights activists said was a racist attack. The Dedeoglu family had been seriously injured in another attack in the middle of May by neighbours who warned them that they “will not let […]
Top Turkish court puts pro-Kurdish party on trial
Turkey’s top court on Monday put the main pro-Kurdish party on trial over alleged links to outlawed militants, setting the stage for its possible closure and heightened tensions with the West. The fate of the leftist Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) — parliament’s third-largest group — could also play a role in deciding President Recep Tayyip […]
Woman killed in attack on pro-Kurdish party office in Turkey
An assailant killed a woman in an attack on a provincial office of Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party on Thursday, the party said. The HDP identified the victim as Deniz Poyraz, a party official in the western province of Izmir where the morning attack occurred. The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is the Turkish parliament’s third-largest party, […]
Iraqi Kurd woman speaker battles a man’s world
Rewaz Faiq is just one of two women serving as parliament speaker in the Middle East, where politics is a man’s world, but the Iraqi Kurdish mother of two is unfazed. Known for her straight talk, Faiq knew she would face challenges when she was elected in 2019 to the post in the autonomous Kurdish […]
Five Iraqi Kurd troops killed in clash with PKK rebels
Five Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga troops were killed Saturday in a clash with fighters of Turkey’s outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a senior Iraqi Kurdish official said. The PKK maintains rear-bases in northern Iraq which have come under renewed assault by Turkish forces since April. Two peshmerga troops were also wounded in Saturday’s clash in the […]