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CLEAN : Iraqi forces seize territory from Kurds in independence dispute
Iraqi forces seized a key military base an airport and an oil field from Kurdish fighters Monday in disputed Kirkuk province in a major operation sparked by a controversial independence referendum
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CLEAN : Son of Syrian killed in Turkey hopes Kurdish militia is purged
The son of a sixty one year old Syrian killed in the Turkish town of Reyhanli by rocket fire, attributed to the Kurdish militia in northern Syria says he supports the Turkish army's offensive against the canton of Afrin one of their...
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CLEAN : Iraq: Kurdistan transport head opposes giving up airports
The acting transportation minister for the Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq decried Wednesday in an Arbil press conference Baghdad's demand for control of the KRG's two international airports
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CLEAN : Vote counting begins in Arbil
Iraqi Kurds voted in an independence referendum Monday as tensions rose with Baghdad and neighbouring countries over the historic vote
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CLEAN : IArbil airport director gives presser ahead of fligh suspension
The director of Arbil airport gave a presser on Friday ahead of a flight suspension imposed by Baghdad in retaliation for a controversial Kurdish independence vote saying the Kurdish Regional Government did not know yet how that measure...
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CLEAN : Tens of thousands in Kurd city for Iraq ex president's funeral
Tens of thousands of people gathered Friday for the funeral of Iraqi former president Jalal Talabani in an emotional send off for the veteran of the struggle for Kurdish self rule
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CLEAN : Syrian Kurds mourn female fighter shown mutilated in video
Thousands of Kurds gathered in Syria's Afrin Saturday to mourn fighters and civilians killed in a blistering Turkish assault on the region including female combattant Barin Kobani
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Syria: Turkish backed Syrian fighters patrol Mount Bersaya area
Turkish backed Syrian rebel fighters patrolled an area near Mount Bersaya which overlooks both the Syrian town of Azaz which is held by pro Ankara rebels and the Turkish town of Kilis just across the border
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CLEAN : Turkey Kurds mark Nowruz under shadow of Afrin arrests
Turkey's Kurds celebrate the annual New Year festival of Nowruz under the shadow of the capture of Afrin in Syria by the Turkish army arrests of pro Kurdish politicians and the breakdown of the peace process
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CLEAN : Kurdish Iranian Leaders: no fear of Iranian Turkish threats
Kurdish Iranian leaders said they do not fear Turkish and Iranian threats because the two nations can not work together
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CLEAN : Thousands in Berlin protest Turkish offensive in Afrin
About a thousand people gathered in Berlin to protest against the Turkish offensive on the Syrian region of Afrin
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CLEAN : Thirty years on gas attack still poisons Iraq's Halabja
As a teenager Kamal Jalal saw two of his sisters killed when Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's forces launched a gas attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja
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CLEAN : HDP supporters in Turkey demand the release of their candidate
In Edirne where HDP candidate Selahattin Demirtas has been detained for over a year and a half the pro Kurdish party asks for the immediate release of their candidate less than one month before the elections
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CLEAN : Iraq/election in Kurdistan: KDP holds rally in Arbil
Massud Barzani's dominant Kurdistan Democratic Party holds a campaign rally in Arbil as Iraq’s autonomous region of Kurdistan prepares to vote for a new parliament on Sunday a year after an independence referendum that backfired...
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VOICED : In Iraq an ancient board game is making a comeback
After rolling pyramid shaped dice Iraqi Kurdish artisan Hoshmand Muwafaq shifted his pebble around an ornate board his handmade recreation of one of the Middle East's oldest and most popular game (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Kurds protest to reject Turkey's threat to attack northeast Syria
Syrian Kurds hold a protest during which they marched towards the Syrian Turkish borders to reject Turkey's threat to attack northeast Syria after Turkey's president warned Tuesday that his troops could attack Kurdish held areas of...
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CLEAN : Turkey counts down to vote in climate of tension
week ahead of Turkeys second election in five months President Recep Tayyip Erdogans party is working overtime to try to reclaim its parliamentary majority in a climate of tension fuelled by the Ankara attacks and the reignited Kurdish...
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Bloodshed, betrayal and a huge battlefield: 24 hours in north eastern Syria
VOICED: Shows exterior shots refugee Kurdish families living in trucks so they can easily move away from the fighting, interior shots Kurds reacting to the news that Assad's forces are moving into Kurdish controlled areas to fight off...
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CLEAN : Syrian Kurds protest against Turkish invasion of northeast Syria
Syrian Kurds take to the streets to protest against the Turkish invasion of northeastern Syria and to support the area's main Kurdish led force the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Turkey steps up Syria assault against Kurdish forces causing thousands to flee
VOICED: There's been more heavy fighting in Syria, with Kurdish fighters resisting Turkey's offensive. SHOWS: A man being put in an ambulance, people running from explosions, debris and smoke clouds from explosions on 10 October 2019 on...
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CLEAN : Kurds protest outside White House Turkish Presidents visit
Kurds protest outside the White House against the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed by his US counterpart Donald Trump in the US capital (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Three people buried after deadly Kurdish strikes along Turkish border
The residents of Suruc a Turkish town near the Syrian border bury three of their own killed by Kurdish strikes as part of the operation launched in Syria by Turkey (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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VOICED : Turcos avanzan en Siria Damasco envia tropas para enfrentar ofensiva
Las tropas turcas avanzaron sobre territorio kurdo el domingo donde conquistaron ciudades y aldeas en tanto los kurdos acordaron con Damasco el despliegue del ejercito a lo largo de la frontera para contener a Turquia (Footage by AFPTV...
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CLEAN : Turkey may be responsible for executions of Kurds in Syria: UN
The UN warns that reported summary executions of civilians in northeastern Syria carried out by pro Turkish fighters could amount to a war crime and that Ankara could be deemed responsible (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)