Kurdish Rebels

15 Female Rebel Fighters Killed

AP | SUZAN FRASER | Posted 05.24.2012

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ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkish forces killed 15 female Kurdish rebel fighters in clashes in southeast Turkey, officials said Saturday, in what is believed ...

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Turkey Offers Compensation For Airstrike Victims

AP | Posted 01.03.2012

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ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey will compensate the families of 35 civilians mistakenly killed in an airstrike meant for Kurdish rebels, the deputy prime min...

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Report: Turkey's Air Force Kills At Least 20 In Raids

AP | SUZAN FRASER | Posted 02.27.2012

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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish warplanes mistakenly killed 35 smugglers and other villagers in an operation targeting Kurdish rebels in Iraq, a senior...

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Arrests In Turkey Raise Concerns Over Press Freedom

AP | SUZAN FRASER | Posted 02.19.2012

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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Police on Tuesday detained some 40 people, including several journalists, as part of a growing investigation into a group pros...

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Commandos Kill Turkish Ferry Hijacker

AP | By SELCAN HACAOGLU and SUZAN FRASER | Posted 01.12.2012

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ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkish commandos in civilian clothes slipped onto a hijacked passenger ferry and posed as hostages before fatally shooting a suspec...

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Turkey Launches Incursion In Iraq

AP | SELCAN HACAOGLU and SUZAN FRASER | Posted 12.19.2011

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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish soldiers, air force bombers and helicopter gunships launched an incursion into northern Iraq on Wednesday, hours after ...

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Turkey Urges Iraq To Crack Down On Kurdish Rebels

AP | Posted 12.13.2011

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ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey's foreign minister said Thursday that Iraq should move to prevent Kurdish attacks on his country from Iraqi soil as the two c...

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Turkey And Iran Undertake Joint Military Offensive Against Kurdish Rebels

Posted 11.26.2011

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By SELCAN HACAOGLU - Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey's prime minister on Sunday signaled a joint military offensive with Iran agains...

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Kurdish Militant Group Claims Car Bomb Attack Was 'A Start'

AP | Posted 11.22.2011

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ANKARA, Turkey — A Kurdish militant group on Thursday claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack near a school in the Turkish capital that kil...

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Turkish Military Launches Offensive Against Kurdish Rebels

AP | By SELCAN HACAOGLU | Posted 09.14.2011

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ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkish soldiers, air force bombers and helicopter gunships conducted a major offensive in southeastern Turkey on Friday after Kurdi...

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Kurdish Rebels Kill 13 Turkish Soldiers

AP | SELCAN HACAOGLU | Posted 09.13.2011

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ANKARA, Turkey — A clash in a forest left 13 Turkish soldiers and seven Kurdish rebels dead Thursday in the country's rugged southeast, the mili...

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Turkish Jets Raid Northern Iraq, Clashes Kill 23

AP | SUZAN FRASER | Posted 05.25.2011

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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish warplanes launched air raids at suspected Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq Saturday after a rebel attack on a m...

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The Sick Man Upon the Bosphorus: Déjà Vu?

Haggai Carmon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Getting a cold shoulder from the West on several fronts, Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan is opting for the warm reception of Iran and other proponents of a pan-Islamism.

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Kurdistan PM Barzani Condemns Post-Election Violence

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Iraqi Kurdistan's prime minister on Monday condemned post-election violence in the autonomous region that left one person dead and 12 injured, as oppo...

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Iraq: Kurd-Arab Strife Takes Center Stage

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Louis Khno is a city councilman whose city is beyond his control. In his barricaded streets are militiamen -- in baseball caps and jeans, wielding Kal...

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PKK Kurdish Rebels: We Won't Stop Fighting In Iraq

AP | SINAN SALAHEDDIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Kurdish rebels on Tuesday rejected calls by Iraq's president to stop fighting against Turkey and leave Iraqi territory as the visiting...

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What Israel Can Learn From Turkey

GroundReport | Posted 05.25.2011

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Originally published on GroundReport.com, the citizen journalism site covering world news at the local level. By Selene Verri Turkey recently conde...

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Turkey, Iran Coordinating Iraq Strikes Against Kurdish Rebels: Report

AP | SUZAN FRASER | Posted 05.25.2011

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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey and Iran have been carrying out coordinated strikes on Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq, a top Turkish general said...

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Kurdish rebels threaten suicide attacks against US

AP | YAHYA BARZANJI | Posted 05.25.2011

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QANDIL MOUNTAINS, Iraq — Kurdish rebels could launch suicide attacks against American interests to punish the U.S. for sharing intelligence with...

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Turkey says warplanes hit Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISTANBUL, Turkey — Turkish warplanes hit an area in northern Iraq where a group of Kurdish rebels was trying to infiltrate Turkey, the military ...

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Turkish Troops Withdraw From Iraq

AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISTANBUL, Turkey — Truckloads of weary and unshaven Turkish troops returned Friday from Iraq as Turkey ended an eight-day cross-border offensive...

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Iraq Government Demands Turkey Withdraw From Country

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government demanded for the first time that Turkey immediately withdraw from northern Iraq, warning Tuesday it feared an ong...

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Turkish Military Kills 41 Kurdish Rebels

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CUKURCA, Turkey — Turkey's military said Monday it had killed 41 more separatist Kurdish rebels in clashes in northern Iraq, raising the reporte...

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Turkey Attacks Kurds; US Calls for Halt

AP | BURHANETTIN OZBILICI | Posted 05.25.2011

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CUKURCA, Turkey — Turkish fighter jets, helicopters and hundreds of commandos streamed across the border into northern Iraq Wednesday despite Ir...

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Turkish Jets Bomb Northern Iraq

NY Times | Sabrina Tavernise | Posted 05.25.2011

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Turkish fighter jets bombed targets in northern Iraq on Monday, the Turkish military said, the fifth major strike against Kurdish rebels this year. I...

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