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VOICED : Kurds in south east Turkey return to homeland in ruins
Hundreds of Kurds are returning to their homes in Sirnak south east Turkey to find their homes in ruins following fierce fighting between Turkish forces and the PKK
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CLEAN : Iraqi Kurdish leader visits town recaptured from IS
Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani visited the Iraqi town of Bashiqa to meet Muslim Christian and Yazidi religious leaders
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CLEAN : Turkey blocks EU MPs prison visit to Kurdish leader
Turkish authorities block a delegation of national and European Parliament lawmakers from visiting the leader of Turkey's main pro Kurdish party who has been held in jail for almost three weeks
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CLEAN : Kurdish Iraqi film wins prize at Dubai film festival
A Kurdish Iraqi film titled Reseba (The Dark Wind) which tells the story of a young Yazidi woman kidnapped by jihadists of the Islamic State group won the first prize in the feature category Wednesday at the Dubai international film...
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CLEAN : Concerned Diyarbakir architects implore UNESCO intervention
Architects from the Kurdish-majority southeastern city of Diyarbakir have written to UNESCO to voice their concerns about the destruction of a protected historical neighbourhood in the city
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CLEAN : US forces look on as allies clash in north Syria
US soldiers aboard Humvee armoured vehicles have been watching from a distance as two of their allies Turkish backed forces and a Kurd Arab alliance battle it out for control of Manbij in northern Syria
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CLEAN : Head of PES attends Turkey court in support of Demirtas
The head of the Party of European Socialists (PES) attends a hearing in Istanbul to support co-president of the pro Kurdish opposition party Selahattin Demirtas who has been held in jail since November on charges of links to the outlawed...
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VOICED : Syria's Kurds hit catwalk to promote traditional attire
In shimmering dresses models stride confidently down a runway to the beat of Kurdish music at a fashion show in northeast Syria showcasing a revival of the minority's traditional clothing
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CLEAN : US backed fighters capture north Syria village from IS group
The Syrian Democratic Forces an Arab Kurdish alliance backed by the US on Sunday captured the village of al Karamah from the Islamic State group as part of an offensive on the town of Raqa currently held by IS jihadists
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CLEAN : Turkey protesters rally against crackdown on pro Kurds
Thousands of opposition protesters demonstrate in Istanbul against a crackdown on MPs from Turkey's main pro Kurdish party and municipal chiefs in the southeast
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CLEAN : Erdogan demands support against PKK at NATO meeting
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urges the European Union and West to step up backing of Ankara's fight against Kurdish militants as he addresses a meeting of NATO lawmakers
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CLEAN : For Kurds in Syria world novels finally speak their language
Abdo Shehu sits in an office in Kurdish-majority Qamishli in northeast Syria surrounded by copies of the first Western novel available in the city in his own language the fruit of a new project to translate international works of...
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CLEAN : FILE: US-backed forces seize Syria's Tabqa, dam from IS
A US-backed alliance of Syrian Arab and Kurdish fighters on Wednesday captured the key city of Tabqa and its nearby dam from Islamic State group jihadists the force and a monitor told AFP
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CLEAN : Kurds rally against Erdogan in Strasbourg
Members of the Kurdish community gathered in Strasbourg on Saturday to protest Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who obtained a vote last week that expanded his powers
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CLEAN : US backed forces fight jihadists inside Raqa
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) a US backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters were fighting on Wednesday the Islamic State group jihadists inside Raqa their stronghold on Syria
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CLEAN : US-backed force enters IS held Raqa (SDF commander)
The US backed Syrian Democratic Forces broke into the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion of Raqa on Tuesday after declaring a new phase in their fight for the city
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CLEAN : US backed force announces start of battle for Syria's Raqa
The US backed Syrian Democratic Forces announced Tuesday the start of the great battle for Raqa the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion
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CLEAN : Pro Kurdish opposition holds meeting in Diyarbakir
The Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) a pro Kurdish opposition party holds events under the Democracy Struggle Plan with the first event held in Diyarbakir
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CLEAN : Kurd rebels in Iraq mountains shrug off Turkey Iran threats
Plans for an independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan have angered Ankara and Tehran but little has changed for Iranian Kurdish rebels at rear bases in the mountains of northern Iraq
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VOICED : Irak cerro trafico aereo internacional con Kurdistan iraqui
Irak suspendio desde el viernes todos los vuelos internacionales desde y hacia el Kurdistan iraqui la primera medida concreta de represalia tras el referendum de los kurdos por la independencia
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VOICED : Kurdos de Irak votan en referendum de independencia
Los kurdos de Irak votaban el lunes en un referendum de independencia que debe abrir la via hacia un Estado que reivindican desde hace casi un siglo a pesar de las fuertes protestas del gobierno de Bagdad
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Iraqi Prime Minister vows he will protect Iraqi Unity on eve of Referendum vote on Kurdish Independence
VOICED: Shows exterior shots driving north through Iraq into Kurdish terriory near the Iranian border, including traffic on roads with mountains in background and gorges with rivers running through them. Exterior shots people at rally in...
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CLEAN : Syria: US backed forces inspect damage in a Raqa neighbourhood
Members of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces inspected the damage following strikes in Raqas Nazlet Shehadeh neighbourhood Saturday
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CLEAN : Iraqi army retakes almost all disputed areas from Kurds
Iraqi government forces said Wednesday they had retaken almost all the areas disputed between Baghdad and the autonomous Kurdistan region following a sweeping advance into oil rich Kirkuk province in response to an independence vote