Recent News Headlines : Kurdish People

FRENCH FEMALE JIHADISTS 'MAY FACE TRIAL IN SYRIA', FRANCE SAYS


But French government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux indicated there are no plans to bring her home... READ MORE

4th January, 2018 138

CALLS FOR EXTRADITION OF WANTED FRENCH JIHADIST HELD BY SYRIAN KURDS


Thomas Barnouin, 36, is said to have been among a group of French nationals who were detained on December 17 by the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia... READ MORE

28th December, 2017 69

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

30th November, 2017 4124

DON'T TURN YOUR BACK ON US


Ankara sees the Syrian Kurdish fighters as an extension of its own insurgent group it labels terrorists... READ MORE

28th November, 2017 3

TURKISH PM WARNS EU OVER REFUGEE DEAL AHEAD OF SYRIAN PEACE TALKS


Turkey regards the Syrian Kurds as inextricably linked to the Kurdish militant organisation, the PKK, which operates inside Turkey... READ MORE

28th November, 2017 305

'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

26th November, 2017 1967

BRITON HELD IN TURKEY ON TERRORISM CHARGES RELEASED ON BAIL


Former soldier Joe Robinson was arrested while on holiday in July after spending a month in Syria with Kurdish militia in 2015... READ MORE

25th November, 2017 156

RESCUERS CONTINUE SEARCH FOR SURVIORS OF IRAN-IRAQ EARTHQUAKE


Officials in Iran say the deathtoll in the country's deadliest earthquake in more than decade will rise as rescuers continue to search for people trapped... READ MORE

14th November, 2017 7

DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO AT LEAST 530


Iran's state-run IRNA news agency reported the new death toll Tuesday and said 7,460 people were injured... READ MORE

14th November, 2017 1063

HOW SOCIAL MEDIA TOLD STORY OF IRAN-IRAQ EARTHQUAKE


The 7.3 magnitude quake on Sunday hit the Iraqi town of Halabjah, southeast of Sulaymaniyah, a city in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq... READ MORE

14th November, 2017 1135

IRAN ENDS EARTHQUAKE RESCUE OPERATIONS AS DEATH TOLL PASSES 450


The rescue operations in the western Kermanshah province have ended, Pir-Hossein Kolivand, head of Iran's Emergency Medical Services, said on state TV on Tuesday... READ MORE

14th November, 2017 29

STRONG EARTHQUAKE IN IRAN-IRAQ BORDER AREA KILLS HUNDREDS


The head of Iranian Red Crescent said more than 70,000 people were in need of emergency shelter... READ MORE

13th November, 2017 8

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

13th November, 2017 2425

AT LEAST 135 KILLED AS STRONG QUAKE ROCKS IRAN-IRAQ BORDER


In 1990, a 7.4-magnitude quake near the Caspian sea in northern Iran killed 40,000 people and left 300,000 more injured and half a million homeless... READ MORE

13th November, 2017 173

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

13th November, 2017 2785

WITH IRAQI-KURDISH TALKS STALLED PHONE DIPLOMACY AVERTS NEW CLASHES


With the deadline past, Mr. Abadi instead ordered the federal forces to push into Kirkuk, and then farther north toward the Turkish border... READ MORE

12th November, 2017 860

WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN SYRIA FOLLOWING IS DEFEATS?


Earlier this week IS's last urban bastion in eastern Syria, Deir al-Zour, hard up against the Iraqi border, fell to Assad government forces... READ MORE

5th November, 2017 206

CAN SYRIA'S KURDS AVOID THEIR IRAQI BRETHREN'S FATE?


Kurdish groups have established autonomous rule since 2011, when Syria's civil war began, and have reiterated their wishes to steer away from the example of northern Iraq... READ MORE

3rd November, 2017 1059

'WHY WOULD WASHINGTON PUNISH US?' RESIGNING IRAQI KURDISTAN LEADER ACCUSES US OF BETRAYAL


Prior to the independence referendum, the Kurds fought alongside Iraqi forces in their US-backed campaign against Islamic State terrorists... READ MORE

30th October, 2017 1644

IRAQI KURDISH LEADER TO STEP DOWN OVER FALLOUT FROM INDEPENDENCE POLL


Erbil's friends and foes alike had strongly opposed the holding of the referendum, leaving Barzani isolated before it was held and marooned ever since... READ MORE

30th October, 2017 261

KURDISH LEADER MASOUD BARZANI WILL NOT EXTEND TERM


Barzani's legacy The president only recently re-activated parliament to vote through the controversial September 25 referendum on secession, which Barzani wanted to be his legacy... READ MORE

29th October, 2017 183

IRAQI KURDISTAN LEADER BARZANI WILL HAND OVER PRESIDENTIAL POWERS AT END OF TERM ON WEDNESDAY


Iraqi Kurdistan's veteran leader Massoud Barzani will not extend his presidential term beyond Nov. 1, a Kurdish government official said on Saturday. His d... READ MORE

29th October, 2017 0

IRAQI KURDISTAN LEADER BARZANI WILL HAND OVER PRESIDENTIAL POWERS ON NOVEMBER 1


Iraqi Kurdistan's veteran leader Masoud Barzani will not extend his presidential term beyond Nov. 1, a Kurdish government official said on Saturday... READ MORE

28th October, 2017 866

LOVE NOT WAR FORCED OUTCAST UNWED IRAQI COUPLE TO SMUGGLE THEIR WAY TO FRANCE AS MIGRANTS


Love not war forced outcast unwed Iraqi couple to smuggle their way to France as migrants... READ MORE

27th October, 2017 0

IRAQI FORCES CLASH WITH KURDISH TROOPS NEAR STRATEGIC BORDER WITH SYRIA


Iraqi forces began moving on Qaim, a town that borders Syria's eastern Deir al-Zour province... READ MORE

26th October, 2017 303

ANALYSIS | IRAQ'S PRIME MINISTER DEFIES PREDICTIONS OF HIS COUNTRY'S DOOM


Instead, Abadi won the backing of Iraq's neighbors and the United States, who all decried the Kurds' effort and stressed their support for Iraq's territorial unity... READ MORE

26th October, 2017 231

IRAQI KURDS PROPOSE TO FREEZE REFERENDUM RESULTS


People in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq voted to secede on September 25 in a referendum, amid rising tensions and international opposition... READ MORE

25th October, 2017 2015

FAR FROM D.C. POLITICAL PERILS, TILLERSON PAYS IMPROMPTU VISITS TO WAR ZONES IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN


Far from the Washington murmurs about his future, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson traveled to two of America's enduring war zones Monday, prodding le... READ MORE

24th October, 2017 0

IRAQ FORCES IN FULL CONTROL OF KIRKUK PROVINCE


Iraqi forces have claimed control of all of Kirkuk province after intense fighting against Kurdish Peshmerga forces... READ MORE

21st October, 2017 3223

U.S.-LED COALITION DECLARES ISIS FORCES VANQUISHED, BATTLE FOR RAQQA OVER


The battle for Raqqa began in June, with the SDF advancing on foot as U.S.-led coalition airstrikes pummeled Islamic State positions from above... READ MORE

20th October, 2017 540

Trending News Headlines : Kurdish People

IRAQI KURDISTAN THE FLY TO REGIONAL SPIDERS TURKEY, IRAQ, IRAN


Iran and Turkey are both part of the Astana negotiations aimed at effecting closure in Syria... READ MORE

9th October, 2017 10841

A NEW BATTLE IN IRAQ GIVES IRAN THE UPPER HAND


This is the result of disobedience of Masoud Barzani, the Iraqi fighter who was filming said, referring to the leader of Iraqi Kurdistan... READ MORE

17th October, 2017 8409

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

4th October, 2017 6702

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

25th September, 2017 5492

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

30th September, 2017 5133

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

24th September, 2017 4721

IRAQI FORCES SEIZE OIL CITY KIRKUK FROM KURDS IN BOLD ADVANCE


But an aid organization working in Kirkuk said several Peshmerga and members of the Iraqi forces had been killed in an overnight clash south of Kirkuk... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 4352

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

4th October, 2017 3967

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

26th September, 2017 3583

CLASHES AFTER IRAQI FORCES ADVANCE ON KURDISH-HELD SITES


Kirkuk is not part of the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 3453

IRAQI KURDS SET DATE FOR INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM


Masoud Barzani, the president of the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government KRG, announced the vote on Twitter on Wednesday... READ MORE

8th June, 2017 3338

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

29th July, 2017 3067

TURNOUT HIGH AS IRAQI KURDS DEFY THREATS TO HOLD INDEPENDENCE VOTE


Iraqi Kurdish Prime Minister Nechirvan Barxani said he hoped to maintain good relations with Turkey and the referendum was not a threat to Ankara... READ MORE

26th September, 2017 3032

IRAQI PM: KURDS MUST HAND OVER AIRPORTS OR FACE EMBARGO


Initial results in Kurdish referendum in northern Iraq show a majority supporting independence from Baghdad... READ MORE

27th September, 2017 2925

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

1st October, 2017 2889

THE FALL OF RAQQA: HUNTING THE LAST JIHADISTS IN ISIS'S CAPITAL OF CRUELTY


As the terror group's fighters tire, the men hunting them say the fall of Raqqa has galvanised them... READ MORE

7th October, 2017 2815

IRAQ PARLIAMENT REJECTS KURDISH INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM


Authorities in Iraq's Kurdish region announced in June this year the decision to hold an election on independence... READ MORE

12th September, 2017 2775

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

16th October, 2017 2656

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

28th September, 2017 2537

IRAQI FORCES SEIZE OIL CITY KIRKUK FROM KURDS IN BOLD ADVANCE


But an aid group working in Kirkuk said several Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Iraqi soldiers had been killed in an overnight clash south of the city... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 2403

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

2nd October, 2017 2336

IRAQI FORCES MOVE INTO CENTRE OF KIRKUK


Iraqi government forces enter disputed city of Kirkuk, residents say, weeks after Kurdish independence referendum... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 2145

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

24th September, 2017 2063

IRAQI KURDISH LEADER SAYS 'YES' VOTE WON INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM


Iraqi Kurdish president Masoud Barzani speaks during a news conference in Erbil, Iraq September 24, 2017... READ MORE

26th September, 2017 2054

BAGHDAD PILES PRESSURE ON IRAQI KURDS TO REVERSE OVERWHELMING INDEPENDENCE VOTE


Iran and Turkey also oppose any move toward Kurdish secession and their armies have started joint exercises near their borders with Iraqi Kurdistan in recent days... READ MORE

28th September, 2017 2053

FOR IRAQS LONG-SUFFERING KURDS, INDEPENDENCE BECKONS


And in Iraq, the onslaught of the Islamic State allowed the Kurds to claim new territory, including Kirkuk, which was abandoned by fleeing Iraqi soldiers... READ MORE

9th September, 2017 1927

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

29th September, 2017 1902

US-LED AIR STRIKES BLOCK ISIL EVACUATION DEAL


The evacuation deal, brokered by Lebanon's Hezbollah and the Syrian army, sparked a furious reaction from Iraq and the United States... READ MORE

31st August, 2017 1813

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

24th September, 2017 1789

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

9th June, 2017 1763


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