Kurds, allies seize key air base in north Syria: Report
Kurdish forces backed by Arab rebel groups captured a strategic air base and the adjacent town in northern Syria.
Feb 11, 2016, 10:16 AM IST
Islamic State group claims bombings near Syria Shiite shrine; at least 50 killed, 100 injured
State news agency SANA had earlier reported 30 people killed in the three blasts, which it said were caused by a car bomb and two suicide bombers.
Jan 31, 2016, 18:36 PM IST
Syria Kurds leave Geneva without peace talks invites: Sources
Syrian Kurdish figures hoping to take part in fragile UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva have left the Swiss city after not receiving invitations to negotiations, sources said on Friday.
Jan 30, 2016, 20:54 PM IST
Syria Kurds leave Geneva without peace talks invites: Sources
Syrian Kurdish figures hoping to take part in fragile UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva have left the Swiss city after not receiving invitations to negotiations, sources said on Friday.
Jan 30, 2016, 20:54 PM IST
23 Kurdish rebels killed in clashes in Turkey: Report
The Anadolu Agency said today 22 rebels were killed in Cizre and one other was killed in Silopi in the past two days.
Dec 17, 2015, 16:10 PM IST
Iraq demands Turkish troops withdrawal
The Iraqi government has demanded Turkey to withdraw troops it has deployed at an area near the northern city of Mosul, the media reported on Saturday.
Dec 05, 2015, 09:30 AM IST
Iraqi Kurdistan minister says no link between oil sales and Islamic State
The Iraqi Kurdish minister for natural resources said on Tuesday reports that the regional government was helping smuggle oil from fields controlled by Islamic State militants were "wild imagination and unsubstantiated".
Dec 01, 2015, 22:35 PM IST
Turkey Kurdish party says leader escapes assassination attempt
The prominent co-chairman of Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party was targeted by an assassination attempt while travelling in his official vehicle but escaped unharmed, the party said on Monday.
Nov 23, 2015, 13:54 PM IST
12 injured in scuffle at Turkish vote in Tokyo embassy
At least 12 people were injured in a scuffle between Turks and ethnic Kurds as hundreds of Turkish citizens gathered on Sunday at their embassy in Tokyo to vote in a general election, reports said.
Oct 25, 2015, 16:53 PM IST
Turkey releases 32 pro-Kurdish media employees: Sources
Turkish authorities on Tuesday released 32 people working for Kurdish-language media detained overnight in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, local sources said.
Sep 29, 2015, 14:46 PM IST
Two Turkish soldiers, 34 Kurdish militants killed: Security sources
Two Turkish soldiers and 34 Kurdish militants have been killed in an attack and subsequent clashes, Turkish security sources said on Friday, in the latest fighting between security forces and Kurdistan Workers` Party (PKK) guerrillas.
Sep 25, 2015, 15:58 PM IST
Turkish soldier killed in Kurdish rebel attack: Security source
A Turkish soldier was killed in southeastern Diyarbakir province in a new attack blamed on the rebel Kurdistan Workers` Party (PKK), a security source said.
Sep 23, 2015, 16:06 PM IST
