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Pedestrians in the old city of Erbil, Iraq. The uncertainty following the Kurdish referendum heaps risk on energy markets already unsettled by rhetoric between the United States and Iran, and the

Pedestrians in the old city of Erbil, Iraq. The uncertainty following the Kurdish referendum heaps risk on energy markets already unsettled by rhetoric between the United States and Iran, and the

Pedestrians in the old city of Erbil, Iraq. The uncertainty following the Kurdish referendum heaps risk on energy markets already unsettled by rhetoric between the United States and Iran, and the

The fight to liberate Raqqa, Syria, the last stronghold of ISIS, left the city, like much of Syria and Iraq, destroyed.

The town of Amadiya atop a mesa, viewed from an abandoned hotel, in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq.

The town of Amadiya atop a mesa, viewed from an abandoned hotel, in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq.

Mehmet Aksoy, who worked as press officer for Kurdish forces in Raqqa, to be buried in Highgate cemetery, north LondonUp to a thousand people have gathered at the Kurdish community centre in north

Iraqi security forces last month fired a rocket launcher at Kurdish pesh merga positions near the Fish Khabbour border crossings with Turkey and Syria.

Iraqi security forces last month fired a rocket launcher at Kurdish pesh merga positions near the Fish Khabbour border crossings with Turkey and Syria.

Family of ‘Jihadi Jack’ says Boris Johnson has refused to help release their son, who has serious mental health issuesThe parents of Jack Letts, a Briton held by Kurds in Syria, have accused the

Iran declares national day of mourning and newspapers publish front pages in Kurdish to show solidarity with affected regionIranian officials have raised the death toll from Sunday’s earthquake of 7.3

Leaders of Russia, Turkey and Iran to meet in Sochi to push ceasefire and constitution plan as Assad’s opponents convene in RiyadhWith a flurry of diplomatic activity, two separate summits on Syria

The head of Iran's Navy, Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, promised in his first speech since his appointment to "fly the Iranian flag in the Gulf of Mexico," encouraging Navy officers to

Former soldier Joe Robinson was arrested while on holiday in July after spending a month in Syria with Kurdish militia in 2015A former British soldier who was arrested in Turkey on suspicion of terror

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My friend Mehmet Aksoy, who has died aged 32, was a film-maker, journalist and prominent figure in the Kurdish community in the UK. He was killed in an Isis ambush while documenting the fight between

Source says Oliver Hall, 24, died trying to save boy who went into building rigged with Islamic State booby trapsA British man who went to Syria to fight Islamic State has been killed in Raqqa, the

A letter signed by Noam Chomsky, Clive Lewis MP, Peter Tatchell and others calls for opposition politicians Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ to be released from prisonOn 6 and 7 December

A petition asking Turkey to end violence against Kurds has been distorted by the president’s regime – and its signatories vilified. We must rally behind themLast week the trials began in Istanbul of

Hundreds of people from Iraqi Kurdistan took the streets to violently protest the region’s financial problems this week, urging the autonomous government to combat corruption, pay state salaries in