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Curfew imposed in Iraq's Kirkuk city after three protests killed
Curfew was imposed in Kirkuk after clashes between Kurdish and Arab residents turn violent, killing three civilians.
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Deir ez-Zor’s tribes reach a breaking point
Years of simmering tensions between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and local populations in northeast Syria have exploded this week into still-expanding battles across much of Deir ez-Zor.
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28 killed in fighting between Syrian Arab tribes and Kurds
The death toll in the fighting between Arab tribesmen and Syrian Kurds backed by the US in eastern Syria has risen to 28, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed today. At least 15 people have been wounded.
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SDF forces in eastern Syria battle Arab tribal unrest
U.S. backed Syrian Democratic Forces led by Kurdish forces poured reinforcements in Syria's eastern Deir al Zor province on Wednesday to quell widespread unrest by rebellious Arab tribal clans who rose up in arms after the detention of an Arab renegade commander.
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Iraq and Kurdistan Region lose $5.5bn due to halt in oil exports through Turkey
Iraq and the Kurdistan Region have lost around $5.5 billion due to the halt of the region’s oil exports through Turkey’s Ceyhan port, an official told reporters on Tuesday.
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Ceyhan oil pipeline maintenance almost complete
The Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Alparslan Bayraktar, revealed on Monday that maintenance work on the pipeline that extends from the Kurdistan region of Iraq to the Turkish port of Ceyhan is about to be completed.
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New HDP co-chairs elected in congress
The new co-chairs of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) were elected in the party's 4th congress that was held on Sunday in Ankara. The delegates elected Sultan Ozcan and Cahit Kirkazak as the new co-chairs.
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Turkish soldier killed in Iraqi Kurdistan
Turkey's defense ministry reported the death of yet another soldier in northern Iraq on Saturday.
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Three PKK members killed in Turkish drone strike in Iraqi Kurdistan
Three members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed Thursday in a Turkish drone strike in Iraq's Kurdistan region, authorities said, as Ankara's top diplomat visited the northern region.
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Danger of Donald Trump's return for Syrian Kurds
An Italian writer has warned that if former US President Donald Trump is re-elected, considering his closeness with the president of Turkey, there is a serious risk of the United States betraying the Syrian Kurds again.
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Turkish Finance Minister dismisses resignation speculations
Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek denied resignation rumors from his post but left questions about possible internal disarray over President Tayyip Erdogan's economic strategies unanswered Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek denied resignation rumors, journalist Ahmet Acet said on Saturday amid a narrative which said Simsek's stance reflects internal disarray in the face of President Erdogan's economic strategies.
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Iraq: After years of setbacks, what the Kurds need most is unity / Amer Ababakr
Since 2003, Iraqi Kurds have played a significant role in shaping successive Iraqi governments. Over the years, they successfully attained semi-autonomy and economic independence. However, their progress has steadily declined due to a series of federal policies and decisions.
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US officials refute Turkey’s claim about killing ISIL leader in Syria
Officials from the US administration have denied claims by Turkey that it killed an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) leader in Syria in April, saying they find a claim by the militant group about the killing of its leader by a rival group in Syria to be more credible, the Al Monitor news website reported.
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Why Turkey's Erdogan sings the same tune with Russia's Putin in Africa / Fehim Tastekin
A series of military takeovers in West Africa, the latest occurring in Niger last month, reveal the extent to which Turkish and Russian efforts converge in trying to leverage political shifts to the detriment of former colonial powers, chief among them France, and expand their own influence in the region.
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Six Turkish soldiers killed in clashes with PKK forces in Iraqi Kurdistan
Six Turkish soldiers were killed in clashes with Kurdish militants in northern Iraq this week, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said Thursday as the fighting between Turkish forces and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) escalated in the region.
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Turkey's FM asks NATO to be considerate, slams PKK
Articulating his foreign policy vision for the first time since he took over the office, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan unveiled a national security and economy-oriented foreign policy vision on Monday, pledging a stronger military and economy at home and deepening cooperation abroad. Turkey's top diplomat also asked some NATO members to end all cooperation with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
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The ‘forgotten’ camps where Syria war displaced languish / Delil Souleiman
Thousands of people displaced by 12 years of war are stuck in squalid, unofficial camps in Syria’s Kurdish-held northeast, languishing in extreme poverty and largely cut off from international assistance.
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International Coalition said mothing can be done to stop Turkish attacks: Saleh Muslim
Saleh Muslim, co-chairman of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), the largest party of the Autonomous Administration, recently disclosed that the U.S.-led international coalition has conveyed to the Autonomous Administration that they are unable to halt Turkish attacks on the areas under its control in northeastern Syria.
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Iranian FM underlines necessity for implementation of Iran-Iraq security pact
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian hailed the “constructive and outstanding” relations between Tehran and Baghdad, and further underscored the need for the precise implementation of a joint agreement between the two countries to maintain security and stability at common borders.
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Sweden’s NATO entry launches a new phase for the country’s Kurds
On July 6, the conviction of Yahya Gungor, 41, a Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) member, caused shockwaves in the Swedish-Kurdish diaspora. Gungor had extorted a Kurdish businessman in order to get him to fund the PKK, a designated terror organization in Sweden, the United States and the EU.
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Expanded UK-Turkey trade deal seen as win-win, could include services
Since it left the European Union in January 2020, the United Kingdom has been trying to make the most of its divorce from its largest trading partner by forging deeper relationships with middle powers such as India, Singapore and Turkey.
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Four killed in Turkish drone strike against PKK in Iraq
A Turkish drone strike on Friday killed four suspected Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) members and injured one in Iraq's northern province of Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan's counterterrorism service said.
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Iraqi PM makes first visit to Syria after 12 years
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani held talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Sunday in the first such visit by an Iraqi premier since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011.
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Understanding Erdogan's foreign policy shift / Can Burgaz
Most commentators believe economic concerns primarily drive Turkey's foreign policy shift. Turkey has recently experienced a significant currency crisis, and its resources from Russia and the Middle East are insufficient.
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Turkish artillery shelling sparks fires in northern Iraqi villages
Eyewitnesses have reported that Turkish artillery shelling has resulted in fires breaking out in farms and forests in two villages in northern Iraq's Amadiya district.
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Iraqi Premier visits Kurdistan region
The Prime Minister of Iraq met with the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Kurdistan Region, Masoud Barzani.
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Mazloum Kobani says SDF is ready for renegotiation with ENKS and PYD
Mazloum Kobani, the Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), announced that the SDF is ready to create a platform for new negotiations between the ENKS and the PYD.
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US sends military equipment to its bases in Syria
Washington has sent military and logistics equipment, including a hundred armored vehicles, to its bases in the city of al-Hasaka, located in the northeast of Syria.
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Kremlin expresses discontent over Turkey's accord with Sweden's NATO membership
In response to Ankara's decision to remove the obstacle to Sweden's NATO membership, Russia has expressed its discontent.
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SDF denies claims of troop deployment in Ukraine
"Our forces are not concerned with issues outside Syria," SDF has said, dismissing claims as "fabricated and biased news."