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Turkey's Erdogan meets with President of Iraqi Kurdistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has received Nechirvan Barzani, the President of Kurdistan, an autonomous region of Iraq, at his residence in Ankara, the Turkish president's office said on Tuesday.
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Iraq tightens security on border with Syria after IS militants' jailbreak
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], January 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Iraq on Saturday tightened security measures on the borderline with neighboring Syria after a jailbreak by militants of the Islamic State (IS) in a Kurdish-controlled prison in Syria's Hasakah Province.
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IS militants attack Kurdish prison in NE Syria: report
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], January 21 (ANI/Xinhua): The Islamic State (IS) on Thursday attacked a Kurdish-run prison in Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah in an attempt to free IS inmates, a war monitor reported.
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Turkey using banned chemical weapons in northern Iraq against Kurds: Repor
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], January 11 (ANI): Despite being a signatory to the '1997 - Chemical Weapons Convention', several media reports reveal how Ankara is using a banned weapon in the middle east region, including the use of prohibited chemical weapons against fighters of Kurdistan Workers Party (
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Iraqi airways' another flight with migrants leaves Minsk for Erbil
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], November 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Another plane of the Iraqi Airways airline with Iraqi migrants on board has left the airport of Minsk for the city of Erbil, the administrative center of Iraqi Kurdistan, the airport said on Saturday.
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Turkey deploys troops on Syrian border to launch offensive against Kurds:
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], October 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Turkey has deployed hundreds of soldiers in northern Syria to launch an offensive against US-backed Kurdish forces, Turkish officials told Bloomberg on Wednesday.
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1 Turkish officer dead, 3 wounded in shelling in Northern Syria
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], October 11 (ANI/Sputnik): One Turkish police officer was killed and three others sustained injuries in rocket fire from Kurdish militants in the north of Syria, the Turkish Ministry of Interior Affairs said.
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Iran must halt execution of Kurdish prisoner: UN rights experts
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 4 (ANI): The imminent execution of an Iranian Kurdish prisoner must be halted and his death sentence repealed, UN-appointed independent human rights experts said on Friday.
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Afghan crisis: Hundreds protest against Taliban, Pakistan in Greece
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Thessaloniki [Greece], August 22 (ANI): With Afghanistan plunging into a crisis, hundreds of people including numerous Afghans held a protest rally in Thessaloniki city of Greece against the Taliban and Pakistan.
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Massive fire engulfs camp for displaced persons in northern Iraq
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], June 6 (ANI/Xinhua): A massive fire on Friday ripped through the Sharya Camp for displaced persons in Duhok province in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, burning down more than 400 tents and wounding seven people, a local official said.
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Erdogan and Bahceli move to ban Turkey's third largest party
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], March 22 (ANI): Before the ink was dry on President Tayyip Erdogan's much touted "Human Rights Action Plan," announced on March 2, the autocratic President of Turkey showed his real "commitment" to human rights, by granting the wish of his ultra-nationalist ally Devlet Bahc
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Turkish forces kill 8 YPG members in northern Syria
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], March 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkish forces killed eight members of the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria after they opened fire on Turkey's troops in the region, Turkey's Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
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