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Kurds should not forget Iran's support in fighting against ISIS: representative
Representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Tehran Nazim Dabagh said on Monday, January 25, that the Kurds should not forget the aid provided by Iran during the war against Islamic State (ISIS), arguing that ISIS would have occupied Baghdad if it were not for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani.
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Minister says Peshmerga control under ministry needs political agreement
The unification of all of the Kurdistan Region’s military forces under the control of the ministry requires political agreements between the ruling parties, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Peshmerga Affairs Shorsh Ismail said on Monday, January 25.
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Masoud Barzani meets Turkish Defense Minister in Erbil
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar visited in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, late on Monday and met for the first time with the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), Masoud Barzani.
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Kurdistan Region PM, Turkish defence minister discuss Shingal agreement
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on Tuesday, January 19, when the two sides discussed ways to implement the Shingal agreement signed last autumn by Erbil and Baghdad.
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PUK MP denies possibile Kurdish split over Iraqi budget approval
A member of the Kurdistan Patriotic Union (PUK) faction in the Iraqi parliament denied the predictions and possibilities that the two main ruling parties in the Kurdistan Region disagreed over the Iraqi 2021budget.
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Ismail Besikci says PKK should adheres to laws in Kurdistan Region
Ismail Besikci believes that the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) does not obey the laws and structures of the Kurdistan Regional Government and that its aim is to humiliate and destroy these structures.
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Turkey pressure on PKK is main reason behind KDP-PKK tensions: researcher to KurdPress
A researcher working on Kurdish issues stressed in an interview with KurdPress that most of the clashes and tensions between the Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) are under Turkish pressure.
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Kurd vs Kurd: Fears of full-scale war rise in northern Iraq
Fears are growing of a full-fledged war between Turkey’s outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and forces of the ruling Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in this autonomous region of northern Iraq.
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Turkey jets bomb Barzan region for first time since renewed military operation
Turkish warplanes bombed Sherine Mountain near Balinda village in Erbil’s Barzan area on Wednesday morning, December 29, according to local reports.
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Kurdistan Region preparing for a new and final round of talks with Baghdad
A senior member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) announced that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has decided to form a high-level negotiating team to travel to Baghdad to resolve financial disputes between the two sides before the 2021 budget is approved.
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PKK remains thorn in side of Turkish-Iraqi relations / Fehim Tastekin
The Iraqi government needs Turkey to counterbalance Iran and help alleviate Baghdad's economic problems, but the Kurdish issue, which has long strained bilateral ties, might further snag progress in economic and strategic projects.
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Kurdish movements should understand the sensitive situation of Syrian Kurdistan, official tells KurdPress
A member of the representative office of the Syrian Kurdistan Self-ruling Administration in Erbil said: "It is necessary for Kurdish parties to distance themselves from conflict and understand the sensitive situation of Syrian Kurdistan."
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Washington on the spot as its Syrian Kurd allies are drawn into PKK-KDP fight / Amberin Zaman
Reported border clash worsens conflict between Kurdish factions in triangle where US, Turkish and Syrian and Iraqi Kurdish forces come into play.
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TEV-DEM condemns Baghdad actions against Shingal
The co-chair of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Society Movement (TEV-DEM) condemned Baghdad's efforts to send troops to the Kurdish Yazidi city of Shingal in northern Iraq.
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Peshmerga ministry says no forces have been moved against PKK
Currently the only enemy of the Kurdistan Region is Islamic State (ISIS) and that no Peshmerga forces have been mobilized against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), military advisor to the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Peshmerga Staff, Major General Bakhtiar Muhammed, said on Saturday, November 28.
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PKK has no problem with Kurdistan government, KDP: Jamil Bayik
The joint chairman of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Leadership Council called, in a statement, for talks to resolve the problems, saying that the PKK has no problems with the Kurdistan Region governance and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).
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PKK withdrawal is not negotiable: senior commander
A senior commander of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said the group was ready to resolve tensions with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) through dialogue, but that withdrawing from its positions was non-negotiable.
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PKK military activities only exacerbates situation for Syrian Kurds and Kurdistan Region: politician
A Turkey Kurdish lawyer and politician believes that the military power of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) does not extend that of Turkey, which is why the PKK military activity only exacerbates the problems of the Kurds in Turkey, Syria and the Kurdistan Region.
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PKK is ready to negotiate with KDP: Bahoz Erdal
A member of the command council of the HPG headquarters, Bahoz Erdal said in a statement that the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is ready to negotiate with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) on the current disputes between the two sides, adding that the KDP has entered the PKK-controlled areas with heavy weapons to go to war.
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History and Kurdish people won't forgive the initiator of a Kurdish civil war: Mazlum Kobani
In a message criticizing the recent tensions between Kurdish movements in the Kurdistan Region, the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces, Mazlum Kobani described the start of an internal conflict between Kurds as unforgivable.
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PKK is a guest and must leave Kurdistan Region: party official
Dark days are ahead for the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), if no limit is set for the PKK's ambitions and activities in the Kurdistan Region, a member of the political school of the Kurdistani Union Party in Syria (PYKS) told KurdPress in an interview.
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Civilians worry about Turkish attacks and civil war between Kurds
Many Kurdish civilians in the Kurdistan Region are concerned about escalating tensions between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Kurdistan Workers'Party (PKK), while expressing anger over Turkish airstrikes.
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Qasim Shasho resigns from Shingal commandership
Peshmerga forces commander in Shingal, Qasim Shasho, said on Monday, November 16, that he had stepped down from both of his military position and his political position within the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) ranks after he was not allowed to take part in a ceremony held to select the Ezidi spiritual leader two days ago.
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PKK must resolve its troubles inside Turkey, official tells KurdPress
The head of the Public Relations Office for the Future of Syrian Kurdistan Movement said: "It is necessary for the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) not to give Turkey an excuse to attack the territory of the Kurdistan Region. And resolve its troubles with Turkey inside the country.”
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PKK is not a guest in Iraqi Kurdistan: Doran Kalkan
A member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leadership council said in a statement that the group did not intend to leave the Kurdistan Region as it is not a quest in the region.
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Daily warns civil war looms closer in Kurdistan Region after Turkish air strikes
The British daily of Morning Star has warned that civil war looms even closer in Iraqi Kurdistan after a series of air strikes launched by Turkey over the weekend targeted Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) positions in the mountainous border area.
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Salih Muslim: ENKS meeting with Turkey and KDP is not a positive development in Syrian Kurdish talks
The former co-leader of the Syrian Democratic Union Party (PYD), Salih Muslim, criticized in a statement the recent meeting of the Syrian Kurdish National Council (ENKS) delegation with delegations from Turkey and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).
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PMF supporters attack KDP headquarters in Baghdad
Supporters of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) attacked the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s (KDP) Fifth Branch Headquarters in Baghdad on Saturday, October 17, entering the premises and setting fires despite the nearby presence of local security forces.
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Erdogan has no solution for Kurds at the polls - analysis
Despite his tight grip on Turkey’s military front and judiciary, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been unable to convince millions of Kurds to vote for him, said the Economist on Saturday.
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Fatah coalition condemns insult to the flag of Kurdistan Region
The Iraqi Coalition of Fatah blamed the demonstrators' burning of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) office in Baghdad and condemned their insult to the flag of the Kurdistan Region.