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US-backed Kurdish forces impose curfew in eastern Syria after new clashes with rival Arab militia

U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces have imposed a curfew in parts of eastern Syria after new clashes erupted with rival Arab militiamen

The Independent UK

British journalist held by police at Luton airport for five hours without arrest

Matt Broomfield, who has worked in Kurdish-controlled north-east Syria, had his phone and laptop seized when he was questioned last month

The Guardian - UK

Iraq's president will summon the Turkish ambassador over airstrikes in Iraq's Kurdish region

The Iraqi president says he will summon Turkey’s ambassador and hand him a formal letter of protest over recent Turkish airstrikes

The Independent UK

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Airport in Iraq’s Kurdish region hit by deadly drone attack

Airport near Sulaymaniyah targeted as Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Abdelwahed says the identity of the victims still not known.

Al Jazeera

Iran cracks down on protests on Mahsa Amini’s death annivesary

Iranian authorities prevented Mahsa Amini’s family from commemorating anniversary of her death, rights groups say.

Al Jazeera

‘The situation is tipping into the unknown’: Clashes between Kurdish forces and Arab tribes in Syria

Violent fighting between Kurdish forces backed by the United States and local Arab fighters has gripped the Syrian province of Deir Ezzor since August 27. A total of 71 people died in just one week of the fighting, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on September 4. Our Observer…

France 24

Fighting between rival US-backed groups in Syria could undermine war against the Islamic State group

The weeklong clashes between rival U.S.-backed militias in eastern Syria point to dangerous seams in the coalition that has kept a lid on the defeated Islamic State group for years

The Independent UK

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Kirkuk curfew lifted after deadly unrest at rival protests by Arabs, Kurds

Four people killed as Kurds, Arabs hold rival protests over plans to hand over security building to local authorities.

Al Jazeera

Fighting between Arab tribes and SDF spreads to northwest Syria

Arab tribesmen claimed to have Aleppo villages under their control but have withdrawn after shelling and air attacks.

Al Jazeera

Iran says deal agreed with Iraq for disarming, relocation of Kurdish rebels

Tehran sets deadline of September 19 for rebels to be disarmed and removed from bases in northern Iraq.

Al Jazeera

Turkey wants Iraq to designate PKK a ‘terrorist’ organisation: Top diplomat

Turkey says PKK is a threat to Iraqi security, ignoring Baghdad’s complaints about Ankara’s air attacks on Iraqi soil.

Al Jazeera

Amid growing tension between Russia, Iran and the US, Syria's Kurds have been sidelined

In north-east Syria, the 12-year conflict is far from over. Russian fighter jets buzz US surveillance drones, threatening to bring them down. Iranian-backed militias occasionally fire rockets at US positions. The Assad regime maintains that it will “regain every inch” of Syria, ending Kurdish autonomy in the north-east.

The Conversation

At least 6 Turkish soldiers killed in attacks by Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq, Ankara says

Turkey’s defense ministry says a spate of attacks by Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq killed at least six Turkish soldiers

The Independent UK

Why Does No One Seem To Care About Iran’s Kurdish Population?

Kurds have preserved their distinctive identity for generations, yet relations with the government have frequently been complex.

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The Independent UK

A feud between a patriarch and a militia leader adds to the woes of Iraqi Christians

A feud between two prominent Christian leaders has divided believers of the faith in Iraq

Al Jazeera

Nine years after the Yazidi genocide, what’s next for survivors?

The implementation of a transitional justice framework in Iraq could address atrocities committed by ISIL.

The Guardian - AU

‘Love is the answer’: the Kurdish refugees finding art and healing in a country that imprisoned them

After fleeing their homes in Iran, Mostafa Azimitabar and Farhad Bandesh spent eight years detained by Australia. A new film, Freedom is Beautiful, tracks their journey

The Guardian - UK

Ann Clwyd obituary

Veteran Welsh Labour MP and passionate campaigner for causes from the mining industry to the Kurdish people

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The Independent UK

Sweden convicts a Kurdish man with attempting to extort money for a group that's outlawed in Turkey

A Turkish man has been found guilty of attempted aggravated extortion, weapons possession and attempted terrorist financing, saying he was acting on behalf of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party

The Conversation

Finland in 1944, Kurdish ghettos of Bonn, and January 6: the top 5 films at the Sydney Film Festival in 2023

Winter on Market Street, and it’s time to switch off one’s phone and retreat to the cinema cave for the 12 days of hibernation known as the Sydney Film Festival.

Tribune News Service

Turkey's Erdogan says Sweden’s anti-terror law not enough for NATO bid

Sweden may not win Turkey’s support to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization next month as the country’s new anti-terror law is failing to crack down on Kurdish militants, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.

Al Jazeera

Iraq approves record $153bn budget aimed at creating jobs

Iraq passes its largest budget till date aimed at creating public sector jobs and build war-damaged infrastructure.

The Independent UK

Syria's Kurds to try IS fighters after their home countries refused to repatriate them

The Kurdish-led authority in northeast Syria says hundreds of fighters with the Islamic State group held in prisons around the region will be put on trial after their home countries refused to repatriate them

France 24

Erdogan backs Kurdish Islamist party – and women pay the price

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s alliance with Huda-Par, a hardline Kurdish Islamist party with a shadowy past, for the 2023 vote sparked howls of condemnations. It was part of a strategy to win the Kurdish vote, but women fear that they will pay the price.

Reuters

Jailed Kurdish leader quits active politics after party slips in Turkey election

A jailed Kurdish leader said on Thursday he was withdrawing from active politics and called on his party's officials to conduct "comprehensive self-criticism" after its poorer than expected performance in Turkey's elections last month.

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