Iraqi security forces have launched a “major operation” in the Kurdish-held region of Kirkuk, advancing towards oil fields and a strategic military base, according to Kurdish and Iraqi officials. The army captured several positions south [ More … ]
Ankara considers the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) a terrorist group affiliated with the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) which has fought an insurgency in southeastern Turkey since 1984. Al-Watan, a daily Egyptian newspaper, conducted [ More … ]
BY: İLNUR ÇEVIK* Turkey is in Mosul only to secure its borders and Iraq from deadly terror threats, not for imperial purposes For weeks we have been hearing rhetoric from the Baghdad government led by [ More … ]
-No casualties were reported among Kurdish troops – Kurdish Peshmerga forces on Monday repelled a Daesh attack near Sinjar town in northern Iraq, according to a local commander, reported Anadolu Agency. Daesh militants mounted a surprise [ More … ]
– Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says troops at Bashiqa called on to provide support fire for Peshmerga – Turkish troops are supporting Kurdish forces involved in the Mosul offensive, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Sunday, reported Anadolu [ More … ]
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