Macron: Paris shooting was 'vile attack' on Kurds
French President Emmanuel Macron says a deadly shooting in Paris was a deliberate attack on Kurds.
Sat Dec 24 2022
Islamic State defeated in its Syrian capital Raqqa
The fighting was over and the alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias was clearing the city's stadium of mines and any remaining militants, said Rojda Felat.
Tue Oct 17 2017
Last flight departs as Iraq imposes ban for Kurdish independence vote
Iraq's Kurds overwhelmingly backed independence in Monday's referendum, defying neighbouring countries, which fear the vote could lead to renewed conflict in the region.
Sat Sep 30 2017
Kurds, Shi'ite fighters to coordinate after sealing off Mosul
Islamic State retaliated to the advance with a massive truck bomb in Hilla, hundreds of kilometres away from the front lines.
Thu Nov 24 2016
Turkish court jails nine staff of opposition daily
There had been growing international alarm over the use of a state of emergency implemented in the wake of the failed July 15 coup against critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Sat Nov 05 2016
Airport in Turkey's southeast hit by rocket fire: report
Kurdish militants on Saturday fired four rockets at the airport in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir.
Sat Aug 27 2016
Kurds declare federal region in Syria's north: officials
Syria's Kurds on Thursday declared a federal region in the country's north, as they seek further autonomy in areas under their control.
Thu Mar 17 2016
Suicide car bombing kills 34 in central Ankara
A suicide car bomb ripped through a busy square in central Ankara on Sunday, killing at least 34 people and wounding 125.
Mon Mar 14 2016
Twin suicide bombs in northeast Syria kill or wound dozens - Kurds, monitoring group
Twin suicide bombings hit two restaurants in a Kurdish-controlled city in northeastern Syria on Wednesday, killing or wounding dozens of people
Thu Dec 31 2015
Grateful for US strikes, Syrian Kurds name baby 'Obama'
Sultan Muslim, a Syrian Kurd, named her seventh child, born after they arrived safely in Turkey from Kobane, Obama.
Sat Oct 25 2014