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  Kurdish militants declare ceasefire in 40-year insurgency in Turkiye: Here's what Erdogan says

  World | March 01, 2025 16:27 IST

  The Middle East has witnessed changes in the geopolitical situation, which includes the reconfiguration of power in neighbouring Syria. Other notable changes include the weakening of the Hezbollah militant movement in Lebanon and the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

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  New clashes break out in northern Syria

  World | October 26, 2019 15:20 IST

  Following a pact struck between Ankara and Moscow this week, Turkish forces suspended a military campaign against the Kurds, whom Ankara regards as a terrorist threat, on Wednesday, giving Kurdish fighters 150 hours to leave a 20-mile-deep belt that Turkey calls a safe zone, reports Efe news.

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  Syria offensive to resume if Kurds don't withdraw

  World | October 22, 2019 14:57 IST

  The ceasefire, which ends at 10 p.m. on Friday, was agreed on October 17 between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US Vice President Mike Pence, reports Efe news. Turkish officials, who consider the Kurdish-led People's Protection Units (YPG) and Democratic Union Party (PYD) as terrorists, said fighting would resume at 10:01 p.m. if one single Kurdish fighter was left in the region.

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  Kurds throw rotten fruits at US troops

  World | October 22, 2019 14:57 IST

  In Qamishli, a northern Syria town near the Turkish border, Kurds could be seen throwing rotten fruit and stones at the convoy.

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  Donald Trump threatens to 'devastate' Turkey's economy if it attacks Kurds

  World | January 14, 2019 9:13 IST

  "Starting the long overdue pullout from Syria while hitting the little remaining IS (Islamic State) territorial caliphate hard, and from many directions. Will attack again from existing nearby base if it reforms," the President tweeted on Sunday.

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  Iraqi Woman kills ISIS commander who forced her to become sex slave

  World | September 08, 2015 15:56 IST

  Mosul: An ISIS commander was reportedly killed by a captured Iraqi woman after he forced her to become a sex slave for his fighters.The Isis commander, only referred to by assumed name Abu Anas, was

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  ISIS executes 19 women for refusing sex with fighters

  World | August 08, 2015 7:28 IST

  Mosul: The Islamic State (IS) has executed 19 women in its Iraqi stronghold of Mosul for refusing to have sex with fighters, a Kurdish official has claimed, according to the Daily Mail.The official, a spokesperson

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  Kurds keep up offensive against extremists in northern Syria

  World | June 24, 2015 10:16 IST

  Beirut:  Backed by U.S.-led airstrikes and buoyed by battlefield successes, Kurdish fighters kept up an offensive through northern Syria on Tuesday, driving Islamic State militants out of a town near the extremists' de facto capital

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  Iraqi PM favours resolving disputes with Kurds for defeating IS

  World | December 01, 2014 6:21 IST

  Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday called for a resolution of outstanding problems between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), given that both sides are fighting the Islamic State (IS)."The interest of

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  Iraqi Peshmerga starts entering Syria's Kobane

  World | October 30, 2014 18:42 IST

  Damascus: A total of 10 Peshmerga fighters crossed the Turkish borders into Syria's predominantly Kurdish town of Kobane Thursday morning, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.The 10 fighters are the first batch to enter

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  Iraqi forces, Kurdish Peshmerga free two towns from IS

  World | October 25, 2014 21:59 IST

  Baghdad: Iraqi security forces and Kurdish Peshmerga freed two towns in northern and central Iraq Saturday after fierce clashes with militants of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organisation, a security source said.In the early hours

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  Syrian Kurds feel abandoned as Kobani battle rages

  World | October 15, 2014 8:05 IST

  Suruc, Turkey: Kneeling over his brother's fresh grave, Ali Mehmud gathered clumps of dirt in his hands, raised them to his lips to kiss them, then softly placed them back on the small mound.His brother,

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  Australia airlifts 50 tonnes of weapons for Kurds in Iraq

  World | September 08, 2014 15:57 IST

  Sydney: In its third such airlift, Australia has delivered 50 tonnes of arms and ammunition to Kurdish forces battling Islamic militants in northern Iraq, the country's defence ministry announced Monday.As on the two previous occasions,