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Terrorism

Paris shooting suspect to appear before judge

26 Dec 2022

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Demands

Turkey’s Erdogan still against Finnish and Swedish Nato bids

29 May 2022

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Belarus

Belarus airline bans Iraqis, Syrians, Yemenis from incoming Turkey flights

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Migration

Department of Justice declines to comment on reports of migrants going missing

24 Nov 2019

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey vows to 'crush the heads' of Kurdish forces if they don't pull out of proposed safe zone

19 Oct 2019

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TOM CLONAN

Grave effects of Trump abandoning Kurdish allies evolving at bewildering speed

Tom Clonan

16 Oct 2019

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Syria

Donald Trump slaps US sanctions on Turkey and tweets about Napoleon protecting the Kurds

15 Oct 2019

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Syria

EU agrees to suspend exporting arms to Turkey amid 'unacceptable' offensive against Kurds

14 Oct 2019

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deployed

Syrian troops to help Kurds in wake of Turkish invasion

14 Oct 2019

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Kurds

Kurdish people in Ireland and Europe protest against Turkey's Syria offensive

12 Oct 2019

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Syria

Turkish Ambassador to Ireland: There's no 'threat' to send 3.6 million refugees to EU

Updated 11 Oct 2019

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rally

'Lock him up!': Trump hits out at Bidens and defends decision to withdraw from Syria

11 Oct 2019

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Syria

First Turkish soldier killed in offensive against Kurdish fighters in Syria

11 Oct 2019

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Kurds

British IS fighters known as 'The Beatles' taken into US custody

10 Oct 2019

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Syria

Trump defends Syria decision saying Kurds 'didn't help us with Normandy'

10 Oct 2019

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Kurds

'Deeply troubled': Tánaiste urges Turkey to refrain from assault on Syrian Kurdish forces

Updated 9 Oct 2019

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turkey shoot

Trump threatens to 'totally destroy' Turkey's economy if it does anything 'off-limits' in Syria

7 Oct 2019

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White House

In a major shift, US to remove troops as Turkey set to invade Syria

7 Oct 2019

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Syria

Trump warns he will 'devastate Turkey economically' if it attacks the Kurds

14 Jan 2019

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Syria

US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces says it has captured an Irish citizen fighting for Islamic State

6 Jan 2019

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Syria

Notorious British IS fighters nicknamed the 'Beatles' captured by Kurdish forces - reports

8 Feb 2018

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all about the oil

Explainer: Why Iraq taking back land from the Kurds is a major headache for the US

22 Oct 2017

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Kirkuk

Iraqi forces seize ground from Kurds amid soaring tensions between two US allies

16 Oct 2017

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Crime

Germany sees massive rise in politically-motivated crimes by foreigners

30 Apr 2017

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Kayseri

Thirteen dead and dozens injured in bombing in Turkey

17 Dec 2016

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Iraq

The battle to retake Mosul from Islamic State has begun

17 Oct 2016

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Istanbul

A number of Irish people injured in Turkish suicide attack

19 Mar 2016

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Baby Miray

Three-month-old baby and her grandfather killed as rebels clash with soldiers in Turkey

27 Dec 2015

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Michael Enright

Pirates of the Caribbean actor goes to Syria to help 'obliterate' Islamic State

2 Jun 2015

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peshmerga

Turkey will help Kurds fight Islamic State across the border in sudden policy shift

20 Oct 2014

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Battlefield

Now IS has advanced to the Turkish border - and planted its flag there

6 Oct 2014

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Syria

Pics: Thousands of terrified Kurds flee to Turkey to escape Islamic State

21 Sep 2014

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TAKING ACTION

Some EU countries will be arming Kurdish fighters in Iraq - but Ireland won't be one of them

15 Aug 2014

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Weapons

US "urgently" shipping weapons to arm Iraqi Kurds against jihadists

11 Aug 2014

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islamic state

Britain has started airdropping food and water to besieged Yazidi

10 Aug 2014

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islamic state

Over 28,000 meals and 5,600 litres of water dropped over northern Iraq amid continued air strikes

9 Aug 2014

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crisis

Tensions flare as Kurds claim control of disputed northern oilfields in Iraq

11 Jul 2014

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Vote

While chaos reigns in Iraq, the Kurds want to form an independent state

3 Jul 2014

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Peace Process

Kurdish rebels begin critical pullout from Turkey

8 May 2013

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France

Three Kurdish women activists shot dead in Paris hit

10 Jan 2013

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