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By Deborah Block Irbil 31 October 2007 In Baghdad Wednesday, Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari met with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki. They discussed ways to keep Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq from striking inside Turkey. VOA's
Syrian and Kurdish sources say a small group of Syrian rebels entered the besieged town of Kobani to fight Islamic State extremists there. Kurdish forces are also on their way in. Lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano destroyed an empty shed. A two-stor
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 21 July 2007 Turkish voters head to the polls Sunday to elect a new government. From Istanbul, Dorian Jones reports for VOA that the election is viewed by the ruling Justice and Development Party and its nationalist rivals as
Syrian Conflict Gives Kurds New Freedom When Syrian government forces withdrew recently, the Kurdish city of Afrin came under the control of the Kurd's Democratic Union Party, known as the P.Y.D. Afrin has its own checkpoints and flies its own flag.
Turkish voters go to the polls in nationwide local elections on Sunday, March 29. The predominantly Kurdish Southeast, and in-particular Diyarbakir, the largest city in the region, is seen as a key for the ruling Islamic- rooted AK party. In the las
Kurds Have New Hopes Amid Mideast Changes It's lunchtime, and kebabs are on the grill at a newly-opened Kurdish restaurant in the Washington area. Hekmat Bamarni came here from northern Iraq in the 1970s, and he sits at a table in the restaurant with
Turkeys Youngest Mayor Honors Fathers Legacy CIZRE, TURKEY The town of Cizre, in the heart of Turkeys predominantly Kurdish southeast, was a frontline of the war pursued by PKK Kurdish rebels seeking greater minority rights. It is a town synonymous w
Protests Continue in Turkey, But Methods Changing Istanbul's Taksim Square. These standing man protests, as they are called, began Monday after the government quashed mass demonstrations, which it said were fomenting violence and chaos. The early pro
Secular, Religious Kurds Face Off in Southeast Turkey 土耳其东南部的暴力冲突震撼世俗 DIYARBAKIR Turkeys predominantly Kurdish southeast has been rocked by violence between secular Kurdish nationalists and their more pious compatriots.
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Fighting between ISIS and Iraqi forces has devastated cities in northern Iraq. Jalawla is a small city in that part of the country, and it's in the middle of land claimed by both the Iraqi government in Baghdad and the Kurdish re
Kurdish forces are now taking over large parts of Iraq's Mosul dam, and vow to continue fighting Islamic militants. The Kurdish operation to take Iraq's largest dam was aided by US air strikes early on Sunday. It comes after the Islamic State's captu
抗敌主力库尔德人对伊拉克未来存疑 Western countries including the United States have begun arming the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq to aid their battle against extremist Sunni militants from the Islamic State group. But the
Todays down-the-middle coverage starts with the Middle Eastern country of Syria. Its been torn apart by civil war for seven years, and the involvement of another country could complicate it further. Syrias war isnt just being caught by two sides. It
By Margaret Besheer Washington 19 December 2007 A senior Turkish diplomat says U.S. intelligence shared with Turkey led to recent raids inside northern Iraq against Kurdish rebels from the Kurdistan Workers Party or PKK. From Washington, VOA's Margar
By Deborah Block Irbil, Iraq 18 October 2007 Thousands of Kurds and other Iraqis took to the streets in northern Iraq. They were protesting the Turkish parliament's decision Wednesday authorizing a Turkish military incursion across the border into Ir
By Al Pessin Pentagon 17 October 2007 A senior Pentagon official says U.S. forces in Iraq are busy fighting various insurgents and terrorists, and cannot directly address Kurdish terrorists based in Northern Iraq, who launch attacks on Turkey. At the
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Iraqi Arab and Kurdish leaders have made progress in recent weeks toward resolving their differences over power sharing and the status of the city of Kirkuk. Gates met Friday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al
A war of words has broken up between the Pope and Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump. Pope Francis has suggested that Mr. Trump is not a Christian, because of his campaign promises to deport more immigrants and force Mexico to pay for a war
The village is like so many others across Iraq, the place of planting and harvesting, but Bashia has lost its people. Now Kurdish snipers watch for the ISIS fighters who've taken over Bashia. 这个村庄跟其他围绕伊拉克周围的村庄没有什
The United States has confirmed that it is holding talks with Turkey about stepping up their joint military campaign against Islamic state group in northern Syria. A state department spokesman Mark Toner gave more details. 美国方面确认将和土耳