LONDON Kurdish commanders in northern Syria said this week Russia is building a military base there, and will help train its fighters. Moscow disputed the claims, but analysts say it is a sign of the Kurds growing role in the region. Across the borde

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Turkish forces have intensified an offensive against Kurdish militia targets in northwestern Syria. The operation is aimed at removing the Peoples Protection Units, or YPG, from Afrin. The United States-supported Kurdish group controls the town. Turk

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By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 23 August 2007 The electricity shortage in Iraq continues to plague the country. Power blackouts have become a telling symbol of the difficulties Iraq's government and the United States are having in improving life for ord

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By Amberin Zaman Hakkari 29 January 2007 Turkish troops head toward the Iraq border in Hakkari (File photo - 5 May 2006) Turkey's bid to join the European Union has ushered a flurry of reforms. Among them are measures that enable the country's long r

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The Turkish air force launched a series of air strikes Saturday and early Sunday against bases of the Kurdistan Workers Party in northern Iraq. Dorian Jones reports for VOA from Istanbul Turkish forces are intensifying their operations against the P

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Kurdish Gains in Syria Rattle Turkey Climbing up to his fourth-floor balcony, Mehmet Bervan, a Kurd from Ceylanpinar in southeast Turkey, has a frontline view of the conflict playing out in Syria. His house lies close enough to the border fence to sh

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Massoud Barzani, president of the semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdish region, during a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, 03 Jun 2010 Turkish military forces crossed into Northern Iraq this week in pursuit of

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Kurdish Issue Heats Up Before Turkey's Parliamentary Vote With just weeks to go before Turkey's June 12 parliamentary vote, tensions are rising over Turkey's Kurdish minority's demands for the greater rights. The election campaign has already been ma

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Excavations are continuing at two mass graves which have been discovered in the southeast of Turkey, a predominantly Kurdish southeast Turkey. The bodies are believed to be victims of Turkey's war against the Kurdish rebel group the PKK, which for de

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Instability in Iraq Fuels Kurdish Independence Move LONDON The president of Iraqs Kurdistan Regional Government has told VOA the situation in the country has increased the urgency of creating an independent Kurdish state. Peshmerga fighters from the

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Missing Kurdish Children Stir Claims, Concern in Turkey DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY A growing number of Kurdish families in Turkey are calling for the return of their children who they say have been abducted by the Kurdish rebel group, the PKK. The PKK denies

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By Cindy Saine Washington 24 October 2007 U.S. officials are calling on Turkey and Iraq to exercise restraint, amid Turkish shelling of rebel bases inside Iraq. Turkish officials say the attacks are retaliation for a rebel ambush on Sunday that kille

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By Margaret Besheer Washington 16 November 2007 Tensions continue along the Turkish-Iraqi border as Turkish security forces pursue rebels from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) who have used safe havens in northern Iraq to launch attacks inside Turke

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By Michael Bowman Washington 25 December 2007 Turkey says recent military strikes against Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq have succeeded in killing hundreds of militants and destroying facilities and hideouts used by the rebels. VOA's Michael Bowma

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After suffering defeat in last year's general election to the Islamic rooted AK party, Turkey's main Kurdish party is turning to religion in its battle to re-establish itself as the region's main political power. But there are concerns about the dir

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By VOA News 24 October 2007 Turkish officials say the military has been firing at Kurdish rebel positions inside northern Iraq since a rebel ambush near the border Sunday that killed 12 Turkish soldiers. The officials say Turkish artillery units shel

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By Dorian Jones Istanbul 03 January 2008 In southern Turkey, an explosion has killed at least five people and injured 70. The explosion occurred in the main city in the predominantly Kurdish southeast of the country, where Turkey accuses rebels from

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By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 06 September 2007 Ali Hassan al-Majid, also known as Chemical Ali An Iraqi appeals court on Tuesday [September 4th] upheld death sentences for Ali Hassan al-Majid, the man known as Chemical Ali, and two other lieutenants o

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At least 15 Turkish soldiers have been killed in a clash with Kurdish rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party. or PKK. The clash occurred on the Turkish Iraqi border late Friday night. The Turkish state has been fighting the PKK for more than 20 years

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ISTANBUL Growing tensions between Baghdad and the semiautonomous Iraqi Kurdish government over control of the country's energy reserves is threatening to pull neighboring Turkey into the deepening dispute. This past weekend, Iraq warned Ankara that s

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