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Jailed PKK leader working on Turkey-Kurd peace plan: lawmaker
Arbil, Iraq (AFP) Feb 17, 2025 Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan is working on a "democratic" settlement to the four-decade conflict between Turkey and Kurdish militants, a pro-Kurdish party delegation member said Monday after wrapping up talks in Arbil. A delegation from the main pro-Kurdish DEM party visited Ocalan twice over the past weeks, and then held talks with Turkey's main parliamentary factions before travelling to Iraq last weekend. The delegation in Iraq, which included two DEM lawmakers as well as Keskin Bayind ... read more |
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Jailed PKK leader working on Turkey-Kurd peace plan: lawmakerArbil, Iraq (AFP) Feb 17, 2025 Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan is working on a "democratic" settlement to the four-decade conflict between Turkey and Kurdish militants, a pro-Kurdish party delegation member said on Monday after wrapping up talks in Arbil. ... more
Turkish pro-Kurd MPs meet veteran Kurdish leader in IraqArbil, Iraq (AFP) Feb 16, 2025 Pro-Kurdish Turkish lawmakers conveyed a message Sunday to Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani from Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), who is expected to decide on a long-awaited peace process with Turkey. ... more 
India, Pakistan exchange fire across Kashmir border: reportsSrinagar, India (AFP) Feb 13, 2025 Indian and Pakistani troops have exchanged fire across the heavily militarised Kashmir frontier that divides the two archrivals, with at least four casualties reported by the Pakistani side Thursday. ... more 
China repressing Tibetans, Uyghurs in Switzerland: BernGeneva (AFP) Feb 12, 2025 China could be inciting Tibetans and Uyghurs in Switzerland to spy on their own communities and exert pressure on them, a Swiss government report concluded Wednesday. ... more |
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Four killed in Iraq strike blamed on Turkey: sources Sulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) Jan 27, 2025 Four people were killed on Monday in an air strike blamed on Turkey in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, Kurdish sources said. ... more 
How the Taliban restrict women's lives in AfghanistanHong Kong (AFP) Jan 24, 2025 The Taliban authorities that rule Afghanistan have imposed a severe interpretation of Islamic law on the population, heavily restricting all aspects of women's lives. ... more 
China lodges protest with Afghanistan over mine worker killingBeijing (AFP) Jan 23, 2025 China said Thursday it had lodged "solemn representations" with Afghanistan's Taliban government over the killing of a Chinese mine worker in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. ... more
Syria defence minister says open to talks with Kurds, but ready to use 'force'Damascus (AFP) Jan 22, 2025 Syria's defence minister said on Wednesday that Damascus was open to talks with a Kurdish-led group on its dismantling, but did not rule out the use of force should negotiations fail. ... more
37 killed in north Syria clashes between pro-Turkey, Kurdish forces: monitorDamascus (AFP) Jan 9, 2025 Battles between Turkish-backed groups, supported by air strikes, and Kurdish-led forces killed 37 people on Thursday in Syria's northern Manbij region, a war monitor said. ... more |
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Syria monitor: 101 killed in battles between pro-Turkey, Kurdish forces
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP) Jan 5, 2025 More than 100 combatants were killed over the last two days in northern Syria in fighting between Turkish-backed groups and Syrian Kurdish forces, a war monitor said on Sunday. Since Friday evening, clashes in several villages around the city of Manbij have left 101 dead, including 85 members of pro-Turkish groups and 16 from the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The SDF said it had repelled "all the attacks from Turkey' ... read more
Iraqi Kurdish city bans groups accused of PKK linksSulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) Jan 2, 2025 Authorities in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah have banned four organisations accused of affiliation with the Turkish-blacklisted Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), activists said Thursday, denouncing the move as "political". ... more |
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Pakistan soldier killed in border clash with Afghan forces: security source Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) Dec 28, 2024 A Pakistani paramilitary soldier was killed and seven others wounded in cross-border exchanges of fire with Afghanistan's forces, a security source said Saturday, while hundreds of Afghans protested against the deadly air strikes that sparked the clashes. ... more 
Pakistan military convicts 60 more civilians of pro-Khan unrestIslamabad (AFP) Dec 26, 2024 Pakistan military courts have sentenced 60 more civilians for taking part in pro-Imran Khan unrest last year, the armed forces said Thursday, after international outcry over earlier announced convictions. ... more
Bodies of about 100 Kurdish women, children found in Iraq mass graveTal Al-Shaikhia, Iraq (AFP) Dec 26, 2024 Iraqi authorities are working to exhume the remains of around 100 Kurdish women and children thought to have been killed in the 1980s under former Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein, three officials said. ... more
Pakistan air strikes kill 46 in Afghanistan; UN calls for investigationKabul (AFP) Dec 25, 2024 Pakistan air strikes in an eastern border region of Afghanistan killed 46 civilians, the Taliban government said Wednesday, whilst a Pakistan security official said the bombardment had targeted "terrorist hideouts". ... more
Pakistan military courts convict 25 of pro-Khan unrestIslamabad (AFP) Dec 21, 2024 Pakistan military courts have convicted and sentenced 25 people for involvement in pro-Imran Khan unrest last year, the armed forces said Saturday, with the majority handed decade-long prison terms. ... more |
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