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US must break from Syrian Kurds after PKK reward offer – Turkey
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US must break from Syrian Kurds after PKK reward offer – Turkey

  ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey gave a guarded welcome on Wednesday to a US decision to offer millions of dollars…
Syrian Kurds boost fight against Islamic State in east after setback
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Syrian Kurds boost fight against Islamic State in east after setback

  BEIRUT/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Syrian Kurdish special forces have joined an offensive against Islamic State militants in eastern Syria, a…
KDP comes first in Iraqi Kurdistan election
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KDP comes first in Iraqi Kurdistan election

ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – The ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) came first in a parliamentary election in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan…
Iraqi parliament elects Kurdish moderate Barham Salih as new president
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Iraqi parliament elects Kurdish moderate Barham Salih as new president

  The Iraqi parliament has elected veteran Kurdish politician Barham Salih as president. The vote threw a spotlight on the…
Iraq’s Kurds hold elections for regional parliament
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Iraq’s Kurds hold elections for regional parliament

  IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraq’s self-ruled Kurdish region was holding long-delayed parliamentary elections on Sunday, a year after a…
Kurdish separatist group says 11 killed in attack in Iraq
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Kurdish separatist group says 11 killed in attack in Iraq

  An attack Saturday on a Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan base in Iraq killed at least 11 people and…
Turkish warplanes strike Kurdish militants in Iraq’s Qandil, Erdogan says
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Turkish warplanes strike Kurdish militants in Iraq’s Qandil, Erdogan says

  Turkish warplanes have struck a meeting of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Iraq’s Qandil mountains, President Tayyip…
Iraq approves payment of civil servant salaries for Kurdish Region amid ongoing budget dispute
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Iraq approves payment of civil servant salaries for Kurdish Region amid ongoing budget dispute

Iraq agreed to pay the salaries of the Kurdistan region’s civil servants and security forces, a spokesman for the government…
Baghdad ends air blockade on Iraqi Kurdistan
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Baghdad ends air blockade on Iraqi Kurdistan

Iraqi authorities have said they will end a six-month air blockade imposed on Iraqi Kurdistan in response to the region’s…
Baghdad ends air blockade on Iraqi Kurdistan
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Baghdad ends air blockade on Iraqi Kurdistan

After a six-month blockade, the airports of the Kurdish regional capital, Irbil, and second city Sulaimaniyah will be “reopened to…
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