All The World's News
Recent News Headlines : Dug-out -
AFRIN VIOLENCE KILLS DOZENS ON BOTH SIDES
Observatory Director Rami Abdulrahman said 48 Turkey-backed Syrian fighters with Free Syrian Army groups had been killed... READ MORE›
GERMAN POLITICIANS DECRY ARMS SALES TO TURKEY AMID ONGOING OPERATION AGAINST SYRIAN KURDS
German politicians decry arms sales to Turkey amid ongoing operation against Syrian Kurds -- RT World News... READ MORE›
SYRIA KURDISH PARTY APPEALS TO WORLD AGAINST TURKISH THREATS
BEIRUT AP -- Syria's dominant Kurdish party is appealing on the international community to help ensure the security of a Syrian Kurdish enclave threatened by Turkey... READ MORE›
SHE LEFT FRANCE TO FIGHT IN SYRIA. NOW SHE WANTS TO RETURN. BUT CAN SHE?
A spokesman for the Syrian Kurdish Defense Forces, Mustafa Bali, said his leadership urged all countries, European or other, to extradite their women and children... READ MORE›
EIGHT STRONG AFTERSHOCKS FROM NOVEMBER TEMBLOR STRIKE ALONG IRAN-IRAQ BORDER, SHAKE BAGHDAD
In November, a major 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck the same region, killing over 530 people and injuring thousands in Iran alone... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Dug-out
YAZIDIS WHO SUFFERED GENOCIDE ARE FLEEING AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME NOT FROM THE ISLAMIC STATE
Yazidis who suffered genocide are fleeing again, but this time not from the Islamic State... READ MORE›
KURDISH WOMEN FIGHTERS BATTLE ISLAMIC STATE WITH MACHINEGUNS AND SONGS
On Thursday afternoon, women fighters were lined up on a dirt berm, their weapons pointed at the frontline with Islamic State about 700 meters away... READ MORE›
ERDOGAN, ROUHANI UNITED IN OPPOSITION TO KURDISH STATE
In the last week following the Kurdish referendum, Turkey has held joint military exercises with Iraq... READ MORE›
ERDOGAN WARNS OF ARMED ACTION OVER IRAQI KURDISTAN VOTE
Iraqi Kurdish oil is exported through Turkey and its southern Ceyhan port, a key economic lifeline for the region... READ MORE›
ISIL 'DRIVEN OUT' FROM TURKEY-SYRIA BORDER
After crossing the border on August 24, Turkish-backed Syrian rebels captured the border town of Jarablus from ISIL in 14 hours... READ MORE›
IRAN AND IRAQ TO HOLD JOINT BORDER DRILLS
The Iranian and Iraqi armies will hold joint drills at several crossings on Iran's border with the autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan, according to officials... READ MORE›
DENNIS SKINNER WARNS AGAINST MILITARY INTERVENTION IN SYRIA'S 'CRAZY WAR'
The veteran Labour left-winger accused Britain's allies Turkey of aiding Isis by shooting down Russian jets, bombing Kurdish forces, and buying oil from the militant group... READ MORE›
TURKEY EXTENDS TROOPS' DEPLOYMENT IN IRAQ AND SYRIA
OPINION Regional implications of the Kurdish independence vote Earlier on Saturday, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim blasted the referendum as adventurism that puts Turkey at risk... READ MORE›
BRITISH MAN FIGHTING ISIS IN SYRIA HAS BEEN KILLED IN RAQQA, SOURCES SAY
Oliver Hall, 24, who travelled to Syria last August, is believed to have been clearing mines with the Kurdish YPG... READ MORE›
KURDISH SECESSION TOPS ERDOGAN'S AGENDA IN IRAN VISIT
In the last week following the Kurdish referendum, Turkey has held joint military exercises with Iraq... READ MORE›
ERDOGAN: KURDISH VOTE RISKS 'ETHNIC AND SECTARIAN WAR'
People in the cities of Sanandaj, Baneh and Saghez of Kurdistan province held peaceful gatherings congratulating their Iraqi fellow Kurdish-speaking people, broadcaster IRIB reported... READ MORE›
ANIMAL THERAPY COMFORTS TRAUMATISED IRAQI CHILDREN
Animals can help the children psychologically various research has shown this, and it is certainly applicable to children affected by the wars in Iraq and Syria... READ MORE›
FORMER BRITISH SOLDIER HELD IN TURKEY OVER 'PRO-KURDISH PROPAGANDA'
Joe Robinson arrested on holiday in Turkey accused of posting photos on Facebook wearing Kurdish militia uniform... READ MORE›
KURDS' VOTE A STEP TOWARDS MIDEAST PARTITION
Hassan Nasrallah described Kurdish referendum last week as part of an American-Israeli plot to carve up the Middle East... READ MORE›
STRONG EARTHQUAKE HITS IRAQ AND IRAN, KILLING MORE THAN 130[1]
At least 129 people were killed in Iran's Kermanshah province on the Iraqi border, the provincial deputy governortold state television... READ MORE›
ONLY BRITISH WOMAN FIGHTING ISIS IN SYRIA SAYS SHE CAN NEVER RETURN HOME
Kimmie Taylor sits at the top of an open concrete staircase gazing at the sun as it sets over Isis-held Raqqa city, cigarette between her fingers... READ MORE›
IRAQ ESCALATES DISPUTE WITH KURDS THREATENING MILITARY ACTION
All three countries have been conducting military exercises near the border of Iraqi Kurdistan this week... READ MORE›
IRAN-IRAQ EARTHQUAKE: RESCUERS IN RACE FOR SURVIVORS
In 2003, a 6.6 magnitude earthquake flattened the historic city of Bam in southeastern Iran, killing some 26,000 people... READ MORE›
CAPTURED ISIS FIGHTERS REFRAIN I WAS ONLY A COOK
Among thousands of civilians fleeing to Kirkuk after an Iraqi offensive are hundreds of Islamic State fighters. Many claim they were noncombatants... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES MOVE INTO CENTRE OF KIRKUK
Iraqi government forces enter disputed city of Kirkuk, residents say, weeks after Kurdish independence referendum... READ MORE›
IRAN HALTS IRAQI KURDISTAN FLIGHTS AHEAD OF REFERENDUM
Abdel Hamid said that despite the air blockade, the land border between Iran and Iraq's Kurdish region remains open... READ MORE›
'US BETRAYAL OF KURDS AN ATTEMPT TO FIX TROUBLED RELATIONS WITH TURKEY & FAILED SYRIA POLICY'
Of course, they have never been fighting against the Syrian government forces... READ MORE›
IRAQI BAN ON FLIGHTS TO KURDISH CITIES BEGINS FRIDAY
Iraq's Transport Ministry ordered international airlines to halt service to Erbil, the Kurdish regional capital, and Sulaimaniyah, its second city... READ MORE›
BARZANI TO KURDS: VOTE IN REFERENDUM TO SECURE FUTURE
Kurdish regional president vows talks after referendum, but Baghdad says it will not accept disintegration of Iraq... READ MORE›
IRAQI GOVERNMENT REJECTS KURDISH MOVE FOR INDEPENDENCE
The disputed areas include swaths of northern territory that are claimed by both Kurdish Iraq and Baghdad, including the key oil-rich province of Kirkuk... READ MORE›
KURDS SEE CHANCE TO ADVANCE THEIR CAUSE IN RUINS OF ISLAMIC STATE
Across the border in Raqqa, with five of its neighbourhoods under their control, Kurdish forces are contemplating what comes next for them and their cause... READ MORE›
IRAQI WOMAN BATTLES ISIL, ONE STITCH AT A TIME
Former journalist starts business to meet rising demand for military uniforms for Kurdish soldiers in northern Iraq... READ MORE›
KURDISH INDEPENDENCE WOULD BE A WIN FOR AMERICA
Turkey, Iran and the Shia-dominated government of Iraq have a common interest in repressing Kurdish hopes for independence... READ MORE›
AIR STRIKES KILL CIVILIANS FLEEING SYRIA'S RAQQA
Elsewhere in Syria, government air strikes have hit the town of al-Houla in Homs province, and killed at least six civilians, the Observatory reported... READ MORE›
A SYRIAN AND HIS AMERICAN WIFE ARE STUCK IN IRAQ BECAUSE OF TRUMP'S BAN
IRBIL, Iraq -- Wael Resol, 30, is an interpreter for journalists in this Kurdish area of northern Iraq... READ MORE›