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  Trump wants Kurds to join fight against Iran: Who are they and why the US needs them | EXPLAINED

  Explainers | March 06, 2026 17:05 IST

  Middle East on boil: The Kurds make up to 8 to 17 per cent of total population of Iran. But they have always alleged that they were oppressed consistently by the Iranian forces, particularly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

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  At least 7 killed and 30 injured after deadly car blast rocks Syrian town near Turkish border

  World | March 31, 2024 7:34 IST

  Syria: A deadly car blast rocked the rebel-held Syrian town of Azaz near the Turkish border, claiming the lives of at least seven individuals and injuring thirty others. The explosion occurred during peak shopping hours after the breaking of the fast during Ramadan, exacerbating the tragedy.

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  Syrian base housing US troops suffers another drone attack, kills six Kurdish fighters

  World | February 05, 2024 17:07 IST

  The US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said Monday the attack hit a training ground at al-Omar base in Syria’s eastern province of Deir el-Zour, where the forces’ commando units are trained.

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  Explosion on road in southeast Turkey kills 5

  World | April 08, 2020 15:39 IST

  An improvised explosive device went off on a road in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, killing five forestry workers traveling to work, officials said.

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  Veteran Kurdish leader Barham Salih elected as new president of Iraq

  World | October 03, 2018 8:01 IST

  Barham Ahmed Salih, 58, is a veteran Kurdish politician, born in the city of Sulaimaniyah in northeastern Iraq. He was former prime minister of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan from 2001 to 2004. 

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  Iraqi military preparing to take control of Kurdish borders

  World | September 30, 2017 17:22 IST

  On Friday evening, Iraq instituted a flight ban that halted all international flights from servicing the territory’s airports.

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  ISIS offers $1 million reward for head of jailed Kurdish woman who fought them in Syria

  World | December 20, 2016 13:19 IST

  ISIS has offered a $1 million (approx Rs 6.8 crore) reward for the killing of a Kurdish-Danish woman who dropped out of university in 2014 to fight the terror group in Syria and Iraq.

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  Kurdish forces free 15 oil workers from IS

  World | February 02, 2015 9:15 IST

  Baghdad: Kurdish troops have freed 15 oil workers seized by the Islamic State (IS) militants a few days back at an oil facility near the city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq, a security source said

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  Kurds celebrate ousting Islamic State fighters from Kobani

  World | January 27, 2015 10:07 IST

  Beirut : Jubilant Kurdish fighters ousted Islamic State militants from the key Syrian border town of Kobani on Monday after a four-month battle—a significant victory for both the Kurds and the U.S.-led coalition.The Kurds raised

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  Iraqi Yazidi girls abducted by ISIS endured horror

  World | December 23, 2014 12:43 IST

  Baghdad:  Women and girls from Iraq's Yazidi minority endured horrors at the hands of Islamic State group extremists after they were taken as slaves last summer, leaving them deeply traumatized, an international watchdog group said

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  IS frees over 230 kidnapped Yazidis in north Iraq

  World | November 03, 2014 23:49 IST

  Baghdad: The Islamic State (IS) militants have freed 234 kidnapped men and women from the Iraqi Yazidi minority community, the Kurdish regional government said Monday."Some 234 members of Yazidi community, including 150 females and many

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  Kurdish women fighters, an unprecedented example of equality in Middle East

  World | October 31, 2014 13:21 IST

  Madrid: The Syrian city of Kobane, where resistance against jihadis of the Islamic State (IS) has become a symbol of Kurdish unity, is also an unprecedented example of equality for its women, who fight side

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  US confirms one cache of arms fell in hands of IS

  World | October 23, 2014 11:38 IST

  Washington: The US today confirmed that the Islamic State has seized at least one bundle of arms supply airdropped by it for the Kurdish fighters near the Syrian town of Kobani."Yesterday we announced that one

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  Battles rage to hold back IS as Obama consults leaders

  World | October 16, 2014 8:24 IST

  Mursitpinar (Turkey): Kurdish and Iraqi forces fought to hold back advancing jihadists on the Syria-Turkey border and near Baghdad Wednesday as Washington pushed to rally its allies against the Islamic State group.  In the Syrian

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  Barak Obama, allies plot anti-ISIS strategy

  World | October 15, 2014 7:31 IST

  Washington: President Barack Obama and military chiefs from more than 20 nations gathered on Tuesday in a show of strength against Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria. But the alliance faced a fresh test

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  Kurdish rebels kill 4 Turkish soldiers

  World | June 27, 2012 16:39 IST

  Turkey, Jun 27:  Kurdish rebels killed four Turkish soldiers in a clash in the country's southeast, the prime minister said Wednesday.The clash occurred near the town of Eruh in Siirt province late Tuesday, Recep Tayyip