Recent News Headlines : James Hughes

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

'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

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

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

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

BAGHDAD IMPOSES INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT BAN ON IRAQI KURDISTAN AFTER REFERENDUM


The Kurds say the referendum acknowledges their contribution in confronting Islamic State after it overwhelmed the Iraqi army... READ MORE

17th October, 2017 25

KURDISH PROTESTERS ATTACK IRAQI EMBASSY IN LONDON (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)


The Iraqi PM earlier said the operation was aimed at protecting the unity of Iraq following Kurdistan's independence vote... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 186

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

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

IRAQI FORCES DRIVE KURDS FROM DISPUTED AREAS NEAR KIRKUK


Iraq's Interior Ministry said in a brief statement that federal forces have taken control of a power plant, a police station and industrial areas near Kirkuk... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 242

IRAQI KURDS SAY FEDERAL FORCES ATTACK NEAR DISPUTED KIRKUK


Iran closed its three official crossings with the Kurdish region Sunday, Kurdish media reported... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 639

KURD FIGHTERS IN IRAQ BRIEFLY BLOCK ROADS TO MOSUL


Move comes after Kurdish authorities said they feared Iraqi forces were preparing to launch an assault on the region... READ MORE

12th October, 2017 40

IRAQ'S VICE PRESIDENT WARNS OF CIVIL WAR THREAT AMID KIRKUK TENSIONS


Iraq's prime minister Haidar al-Abadi demanded the Kurdish self-government annul the results and called for joint administration over Kirkuk... READ MORE

10th October, 2017 0

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

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

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

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

US DOES NOT RECOGNIZE KURDISTAN INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM


The United States does not recognize the Kurdistan Regional Government's unilateral referendum held on Monday, he said in a statement... READ MORE

1st October, 2017 0

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

Trending News Headlines : James Hughes

AYLAN'S LIFE WAS FULL OF FEAR IN DEATH, HE IS PART OF 'HUMANITY WASHED ASHORE'


Eventually the time came for him to cross two short miles on the Aegean Sea Istanbul There are no beaches in Kobani just bombs... READ MORE

2nd September, 2015 6800

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

A DEAD BABY BECOMES THE MOST TRAGIC SYMBOL OF THE EUROPEAN REFUGEE CRISIS


Aid agencies estimate that, in August, around 2,000 people attempted the tricky crossing to Greece's eastern islands every day... READ MORE

2nd September, 2015 5079

FATHER OF DROWNEDBOYS TELLS OF ORDEAL


We were terrified said the father Abdullah Kurdi 40 a Syrian Kurd from the town of Kobani near the Turkish border... READ MORE

3rd September, 2015 4990

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

REFUGEE CRISIS: EIGHT LIFE STORIES FROM BUDAPEST'S KELETI STATION


He is travelling with his brother Walid who operated a concrete-mixer truck in Idlib Walid's wife and two young children and several other friends and relatives... READ MORE

5th September, 2015 4209

HOW TWO U.S. MARXISTS WOUND UP ON THE FRONT LINES AGAINST ISIS


A florist and an American University graduate didn't intend to fight, but they were sent into battle against the Islamic State in Syria... READ MORE

2nd April, 2017 3958

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

SYRIAN KURDS SAY AIR STRIKES AGAINST ISIS ARE NOT WORKING


The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has reported that warplanes have carried out repeated strikes in recent nights around Kobani... READ MORE

6th October, 2014 3539

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

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

US JETS JOIN IS SYRIA BORDER BATTLE


Us-led air strikes hit is on syria's border with turkey... READ MORE

27th September, 2014 2529

DESPERATE REFUGEES ESCAPE CAMPS AND START A 110-MILE TREK TO AUSTRIA


Yesterday night we reported that UK Prime Minister David Cameron is planning to announce that the UK will take up to 10,000 Syrian refugees... READ MORE

4th September, 2015 2325

THREE SPANISH JOURNALISTS MISSING IN SYRIA, FEARED KIDNAPPED BY ISLAMIC STATE


Antonio Pampliega, JosA C Manuel LA?pez and A?ngel Sastre were last heard from on 12 July in Aleppo, says Spanish Federation of Journalists... READ MORE

21st July, 2015 2223

ERDOGAN MUST BE STOPPED IN TURKEY BEFORE ISIS GETS STRONGER AND THE REFUGEE CRISIS WORSENS


For the latter, Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan simply must go before he leads Turkey further into destruction... READ MORE

31st October, 2015 2222

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

TURKEY CALLS DEADLY BLAST NEAR SYRIA BORDER TERRORISM


When Turkish authorities blocked access to several Islamic news websites last week, Islamic State sympathizers in Turkey threatened to carry out an unspecified retaliation... READ MORE

20th July, 2015 2039

TURKEY VOWS TO CONTINUE CAMPAIGN AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS


What is your reaction to the Syrian air strikes and the raids in Turkey?... READ MORE

24th July, 2015 1917

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

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

HOW A SMALL SYRIAN CHILD CAME TO BE WASHED UP ON A BEACH IN TURKEY


Surviving family members of Aylan Kurdi have revealed how the Syrian three-year-old came to be washed up dead on a beach in Turkey... READ MORE

3rd September, 2015 1677

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

16th September, 2017 1412

IS STEPS UP ATTACK ON KEY SYRIA TOWN


Islamic state steps up attack on syrian town of kobane... READ MORE

3rd October, 2014 1318

NUMBER OF SYRIAN REFUGEES CLIMBS TO MORE THAN 4 MILLION


This is the biggest refugee population from a single conflict in a generation Antonio Guterres the United Nations high commissioner for refugees said in a statement... READ MORE

9th July, 2015 1278

AYLAN KURDI: FRIENDS AND FAMILY FILL IN GAPS BEHIND HARROWING IMAGES


Kurdi family had escaped Damascas and headed to Aleppo before moving to Kobani when fighting broke out... READ MORE

3rd September, 2015 1209

RIOT POLICE CLASH WITH REFUGEES IN LESBOS


Meawwhile a newborn boy was found dead after his migrant parents reached the shores of another Greek island in a boat from Turkey on Saturday... READ MORE

6th September, 2015 1171

IRAQ PARLIAMENT VOTES TO OUST KIRKUK GOVERNOR


READ MORE Kirkuk votes to take part in Kurdish independence poll Ownership of Kirkuk has long been disputed between Iraq and the Kurdish authorities... READ MORE

14th September, 2017 1120

IRAN'S LEADERS OPPOSED KURDISH INDEPENDENCE VOTE IN IRAQ. IRAN'S KURDS CELEBRATED ON THE STREETS.


There, thousands of Iranian Kurds, jubilant for their Iraqi kin, staged demonstrations in support of the vote... READ MORE

26th September, 2017 1100

AYLAN KURDI'S LAST WORDS WERE 'DADDY, PLEASE DON'T DIE'


He only wanted to go to Europe for the sake of his children, said Suleiman Kurdi, an uncle of the grieving father... READ MORE

5th September, 2015 832

NUSRA FRONT WITHDRAWS FROM FRONT LINE IN SYRIA


But on Monday a Defense Department official said the United States did not believe the statement... READ MORE

10th August, 2015 803


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