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Kerala CM inaugurates IIFK, actor Bhavana lights lamp
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], March 19 (ANI): Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday inaugurated the 26th edition of the International film festival of Kerala (IFFK) in Thiruvananthapuram.
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Turkey kills 1 PKK, 4 YPG members
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], February 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkish security forces killed four members of Syria's Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria, Turkey's Defense Ministry said on Monday.
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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 deploys troops on Syrian border to launch offensive against Kurds:
Updated : 4 years, 5 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September 4 (ANI): The imminent execution of an Iranian Kurdish prisoner must be halted and his death sentence repealed, UN-appointed independent human rights experts said on Friday.
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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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US says possible ban of Turkey's People's Democratic Party will undermine
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 18 (ANI): A possible ban of Turkey's opposition pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) will further undermine democracy in the country, a spokesperson for the US Department of State said on Wednesday (local time).
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6 year jail for two Iraqi Kurdish journalists is unfair, says Committee to
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], February 20 (ANI): The sentencing of Iraqi Kurdish journalists Sherwan Sherwani and Guhdar Zebari to six years in jail "for jeopardising Kurdish national security" is "unfair and disproportionate", according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
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3 bombs explode near Kurdish military prosecutor's office in Syria's Raqqa
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Raqqa [Syria], July 15 (Sputnik/ANI): Three bombs have exploded at the headquarters of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces' (SDF) military prosecutor's office in the northern province of Raqqa, the Syrian Al-Watan newspaper reported.
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