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10 years after US invasion, Kurds look to the West

In the decade since U.S.-led forces invaded Iraq, Kurds have trained their sights toward Turkey and the West, at the expense of ties with the still largely dysfunctional rest of the country.

French: Turkish suspect probed in Kurd killings

The suspect drove for the most prominent victim, a woman who helped found the Kurdistan Workers Party, a group seeking autonomy for Turkey's Kurds.

Report: Turkey strikes Kurd rebel targets in Iraq

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, meanwhile, urged Kurds for calm at the funeral later this week of three Kurdish activists who were found shot dead in Paris.

Kurds say they'll stop Islamist rebels from moving along Syria's border with...

Kurds make up about 10 percent of Syria's population but are a majority in Hasaka province, where Ras al Ayn is located.

Baghdad, Kurds agree to defuse tension

Baghdad, Kurds agree to defuse tension

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Syria too fractured to put back together, experts say

In the northeast, the Kurds have effectively carved out an autonomous zone.

Turkey's journalists say press freedom has declined under Erdogan's rule

"If this is journalism, then down with your journalism," Erdogan declared in a speech about...

ANKARA, Turkey: 40 dead in Turkey car bombings near Syria

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier also raised the possibility that the bombings may be...

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Turkey's late-night alcohol ban sends mixed signals

Relations with Iraq are tense as Ankara juggles its "good" and "bad" Kurds -- those it can work...

Syria's jihadists have edge, control oil

in Upper Mesopotamia, stretching from Turkey to central Iraq, a Kurdish state is forming to the...

Iraq needs deep change to avoid sectarian war, says paper

There is reason to believe that a system drawing on the principles of federalism, with stronger...

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UPDATE 1-Turkey joins with Exxon, Iraqi Kurds in oil exploration

* Energy cooperation with Iraqi Kurds hot topic in U.S. visit

Baghdad government says PKK not welcome in Iraq

Under the nascent peace deal, Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters should cross from Turkey,...

Official: PKK Starts Moving Forces out of Turkey

The rebels on Tuesday complained about "provocative" acts by Turkey -- including the continued...