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Istanbul votes in test for Erdogan and Turkish democracy
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Istanbul votes in test for Erdogan and Turkish democracy

Istanbul went back to the polls on Sunday in a re-run of the mayoral election that has become a test…
Two American women, six children repatriated to US from Syria: Kurdish-led authority
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Two American women, six children repatriated to US from Syria: Kurdish-led authority

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Two US women with Islamic State ties and six children were repatriated from northeast Syria, Kurdish-led authorities…
Iraq: Yazidis to accept children of IS rape into community
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Iraq: Yazidis to accept children of IS rape into community

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — The children of Yazidi women raped by Islamic State men will be welcomed into the minority…
Macron sparks Turkish anger by meeting Syrian Kurds
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Macron sparks Turkish anger by meeting Syrian Kurds

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday hosted representatives of the Kurdish-led force that defeated Islamic State (IS) extremists in Syria,…
Red Cross reveals staff abducted in Syria
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Red Cross reveals staff abducted in Syria

A New Zealand nurse and two Syrian drivers working for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) were abducted…
Iraq unearths mass grave of Kurds killed by Saddam
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Iraq unearths mass grave of Kurds killed by Saddam

SAMAWA, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraq must never forget Saddam Hussein’s crimes or allow his party to return, President Barham Salih…
Turkey: After election gains, Kurds fear Erdogan’s reach
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Turkey: After election gains, Kurds fear Erdogan’s reach

“We are very pleased that we won the local elections. Now the will of the people must finally be accepted.…
Ousted party seeks to reclaim Kurdish heartlands in Turkish vote
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Ousted party seeks to reclaim Kurdish heartlands in Turkish vote

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Actor Kemal Ulusoy and the rest of his Kurdish theater group lost their jobs along with…
SDF will keep fighting Islamic State sleeper cells
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SDF will keep fighting Islamic State sleeper cells

DEIR AL-ZOR PROVINCE, Syria (Reuters) – US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) formally announced the destruction of Islamic State’s control of…
Syria force pounds holdout IS village
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Syria force pounds holdout IS village

Kurdish-led forces backed by US warplanes rained artillery fire and air strikes Sunday on besieged and outgunned jihadists making a…
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