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Suicide bombing inside Shia mosque kills 30 in Kabul

At least 30 Shi'ite worshippers were killed by a suicide bomber while they were gathering for Friday prayers.

Oct 20, 2017

Iraqi Kurdish leader says 'yes' vote won independence referendum

Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said on Tuesday that Kurds had voted "yes" to independence in a referendum held a day earlier. Read to know more.

Sep 27, 2017

Voting starts in Iraqi Kurdistans independence referendum

Voting started on September 25 in an independence referendum organized by the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq. The final results should be announced within 72 hours.

Sep 25, 2017

Voting starts in Iraqi Kurdistans independence referendum

Voting started on September 25 in an independence referendum organized by the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq. The final results should be announced within 72 hours.

Sep 25, 2017

40,000 Kurds hold rally for independence

40,000 supporters of Kurdistan independence rallied behind Iraqi-Kurdistans President Masoud Barzani ahead of a Kurdish independence referendum.

Sep 23, 2017

ISIS claims Indian suicide bomber killed a "number" of Kurdistan fighters in Syria's Raqqa

In a statement issued by the group's Amaq agency, Isis identified the Indian suicide bomber as Abu Yusuf al- Hindi.

Aug 22, 2017

ISIS News: Militants in Syria forced Kurdish children as young as 14 to watch horrifying videos of beheadings and beat them with cables.

ISIS militants trick starving Yazidi sex slave into eating her one-year-old son

The Yazidi woman was given "rice and meat" after being starved for three days in a cellar.

Jun 28, 2017

A boy, who fled from the violence in Mosul, stands near tents in a camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of Arbil in Iraq's Kurdistan region

Kurdish Independence: '800,000 bpd of crude needed to oil statecraft'

The oil-rich city of Kirkurk, which the Kurds call their Jerusalem, has almost three percent of the world's proven oil reserves.

Jun 27, 2017

ISIS trained 1,600 Yazidi children to behead people, says Kurdish official

A research conducted on the number of Yazidis affected showed that at least 9,900 of Iraq's Yazidis were killed or kidnapped in just days in an attack by militants in 2014.

Jun 19, 2017

Is ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dead? (VIDEO)

ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi security officials also suspect Baghdadi might be hiding in the desert spread across thousands of square miles between Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria.

Jun 13, 2017

Iraqi Kurds plan Kurdistan independence referendum on September 25

Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Wednesday announced it would hold a referendum on independence on September 25. Read to know more.

Jun 8, 2017

Turkey: One killed, several injured in blast near riot police headquarters days ahead of referendum

A footage of the incident posted on Twitter showed ambulances reaching the scene of the incident and utter chaos on the streets of Turkey.

Apr 11, 2017

Who is Kimmie Taylor? The first British woman to join the fight against Isis

Kimberley Taylor is believed to be the first British woman to be on the front line fighting against the Islamic State (Isis) in Syria. The Syrian Kurds began their fight for self-determination in 2011, inspired by the Arab Spring and by the ideology of Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers party (PKK), which is listed as a terrorist organisation in Turkey.

Feb 10, 2017

Turkey blast: At least 13 killed, over 48 injured in car bombing at Kayseri

The blast occurred when a car bomb hit a bus transporting off-duty military personnel in Kayseri.

Dec 17, 2016

Is Turkey's new military satellite meant to watch Islamic State or the PKK? Here is what we know about Gokturk-1

Turkey is fighting PKK, a group of radical Kurds, and Islamic State in Syria.

Dec 14, 2016

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Search Results for: Kurdistan

Suicide bombing inside Shia mosque kills 30 in Kabul

Iraqi Kurdish leader says 'yes' vote won independence referendum

Voting starts in Iraqi Kurdistans independence referendum

Voting starts in Iraqi Kurdistans independence referendum

40,000 Kurds hold rally for independence

ISIS claims Indian suicide bomber killed a "number" of Kurdistan fighters in Syria's Raqqa

ISIS militants trick starving Yazidi sex slave into eating her one-year-old son

Kurdish Independence: '800,000 bpd of crude needed to oil statecraft'

ISIS trained 1,600 Yazidi children to behead people, says Kurdish official

Is ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dead? (VIDEO)

Iraqi Kurds plan Kurdistan independence referendum on September 25

Turkey: One killed, several injured in blast near riot police headquarters days ahead of referendum

Who is Kimmie Taylor? The first British woman to join the fight against Isis

Turkey blast: At least 13 killed, over 48 injured in car bombing at Kayseri

Is Turkey's new military satellite meant to watch Islamic State or the PKK? Here is what we know about Gokturk-1

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