Kurds

Trump hopes Kurds ‘back up’ to avoid conflict with Turkey

 U.S President Donald Trump said Saturday that he hopes the Kurds in Syria will “back…

IS Jihadists take heavy losses in Kobane

The Islamic State group was taking heavy losses in the Syrian battleground of Kobane Sunday…

Iraq Kurds fight jihadists, their worst threat since Saddam

Iraqi Kurdish forces battling jihadists face their biggest threat since brutal crackdowns by Saddam Hussein's…

Kurds retake key Iraq dam as US, UK step up involvement

by Serene ASSIR AL-QOSH (AFP) - Iraqi Kurdish fighters backed by US warplanes have retaken…

Kurds advance on key Iraq dam, Sunnis hit jihadists

Kurdish fighters backed by US warplanes pushed back jihadists around Iraq's largest dam on Sunday,…

Iraq's Kurds demand PM Maliki's resignation

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq's Kurds said Thursday Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was "hysterical" and not…

Iraq's Kurds say 'hysterical' Maliki must quit

A spokesman for Iraqi Kurdish president Massud Barzani said Thursday, national premier Nuri al-Maliki had…

Iraq PM rejects Kurdish territorial claims

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday rejected an assertion by the country's autonomous Kurdish…