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Kurdish PKK to withdraw its fighters from Turkiye to Iraq
Updated : 5 months ago IST
"We are implementing the withdrawal of all our forces within Turkiye," the Kurdish PKK said in a statement read out on Sunday in the Qandil area of northern Iraq, according to an AFP journalist present there.
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Turkish warplanes strike Kurdish rebels after suicide attack in Ankara
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Turkish airstrikes destroyed 20 targets, consisting of caves, bunkers, shelters and warehouses” belonging to the separatist Kurdistan workers party, or P.K.K.
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100 killed, 150 injured as fire rips through Iraq wedding
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
At least 100 people have died in a fire at a wedding in northern Iraq as a part of the wedding celebration, reported CNN.
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Huge fire breaks out at hotel in northern Iraq's Erbil
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], September 5 (ANI): A massive fire has broken out in a seven-story hotel in the city of Erbil in northern Iraq on Sunday and firefighting teams are trying to contain it.
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73 Kurdish militants neutralized in Iraq: Turkish military
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], May 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of militants affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) killed by the Turkish military during the ongoing operation in northern Iraq has risen to 73, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Saturday.
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6 rockets land near town in northern Iraq
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], May 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Six rockets targeted Sunday an area in Erbil province in Iraq's northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region, but caused no casualties, the regional Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) said in a statement.
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Turkey steps up offensive against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], April 18 (ANI): Turkish defense ministry announced early morning that the country has launched a new ground and air cross-border offensive against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq.
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Turkey's drone attack kills 3 PKK members in northern Iraq
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], March 28 (ANI/Xinhua): At least three members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed in a Turkish armed drone attack in northern Iraq, Turkey's Defense Ministry said on Monday.
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Roadside bomb blast kills 4 soldiers in northern Iraq
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], January 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Four Iraqi soldiers were killed on Monday in a roadside bomb explosion in the northern province of Kirkuk, a provincial security source said.
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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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12 killed in flash floods in Iraq: Governor
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], December 19 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 12 people were killed in floods caused by torrential rain in northern Iraq, governor of Erbil province Omed Khoshnaw said Sunday.
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11 killed in flash floods in northern Iraq
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], December 18 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll from flash floods caused by torrential rain in northern Iraq has risen to 11 on Friday.
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