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Why Iraq and Turkey's ties are at a historic low point / Paul Iddon
On 20 July, Iraqi tourists escaping the blistering heat of southern and central Iraq for the relatively cool climate of the Parakh tourist resort in Iraqi Kurdistan’s Zakho district suddenly found heavy artillery shells raining down around them.
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Iraq demands Turkish withdrawal as Ankara vows further incursions
The dispute between Iraq and Turkey over a recent deadly attack in Iraq’s northern Kurdish region escalated at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Tuesday.
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Turkey establishes new military base in Kurdistan Region
In continuation of the Turkish military activities in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, Turkish forces on Sunday established a new military base in the area.
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Senior UN official denounces missile attack in Afrin
After a number of rockets slammed into a residential neighborhood in Syria’s northern Kurdish-majority city of Afrin on the previous day, a senior United Nations official strongly denounced the action on Saturday.
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Turkey's war of attrition against Syria's Kurds / Amberin Zaman
Alongside shelling and drones, Turkey is weaponizing water supplies in northeast Syria, turning an already horrible situation into a nightmare.
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HDP calls on Turkey to recognize Yazidi massacre as genocide
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has urged Turkey to recognize the mass killings of Yazidis by the Islamic State in Iraq and Sham (ISIS) in northern Iraq as genocide, on the seventh anniversary of the massacre, Turkish media outlets reported.
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Iran warns sanctions prolong crisis in Syria
Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations Majid Takhat Ravanchi said sanctions have prolonged the ongoing crisis in Syria.
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US says children in northeast Syria camps should be allowed to go home
The UN children's agency called Sunday, February 28, for all minors held in displacement camps or jails in northeast Syria to be allowed home, AFP reported.
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Mustafa Sadr backs early elections in Iraq
Iraqi populist Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr expressed Wednesday, February 10, his support for early elections overseen by the UN, in a rare press conference outside his home in the Iraqi shrine city of Najaf.
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Plasschaert’s visit to Tehran is to support Iraqi stability: UN
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, visited Tehran on January 31 and February 1, holding talks with Iranian officials on regional issues as part of efforts to support stability in Iraq, UN statement says.