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Syria issues historic decree recognising Kurdish language, rights in push
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
The move, announced amid ongoing tensions in the country's north, is being described by officials as a major step toward addressing decades of marginalisation and integrating Kurds more fully into Syria's national framework.
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Catalan National Assembly event: Panelists highlight difficulties minoriti
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Assemblea Nacional Catalana organised an international event where the members highlighted the difficulties that minorities faced in making their voices heard and the struggle of Uyghur, Eastern Kurds and Sindh people.
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Paris shooting suspect admits 'pathological hatred of foreigners'
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The 69-year-old suspect in the deadly Paris shooting that killed three people and injured three others at a cultural centre in central Paris Friday has admitted of "hatred of foreigners that has become pathological."
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Paris shooting: Suspect's custody lifted for health reason
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The custody of the 69-year-old man suspected of killing three Kurds in Paris was lifted for health reasons on Saturday, and he was taken to a police psychiatric unit.
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Kurds protest killing of 3 community members at Paris centre
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Members of the Kurdish community on Friday (local time) took to the streets in Paris to protest the shooting of three people at a cultural centre and Kurdish cafe, reported CNN.
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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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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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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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Turkish military convoy enters Syria: Report
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Feb 3 (ANI): Months after its military offensive in Syria which was criticised by the international community, a large Turkish military convoy entered Syrian territory, reported Al Arabiya.
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Kurdish leader says Turkey pursuing socio-political genocide against Kurds
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Rojava [Syria], Dec 21 (ANI): Turkey is pursuing a policy of political, cultural, social and economic genocide against the Kurds and preventing them from life, claims Ilham Ahmed, president of an executive committee of the Syrian Democratic Council (SDF), adding that such actions may harm
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3 bomb blasts kill 7 in northeast Syrian town near Turkey border
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Nov 12 (ANI): At least seven people were killed and 70 others sustained injuries when three car bombs exploded nearly simultaneously in the largely Kurdish city of Qamishli in northeastern Syria near the Turkish police.
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8 dead in car blast in Turkish-controlled northeast Syrian town
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Sanaa [Syria], Nov 11 (ANI): At least eight people were killed and more than 20 others sustained injuries after a small truck exploded outside a bakery in the Syrian village of Suluk, located southeast of the town of Tel Abyad on Sunday, authorities said.
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