Senior Iraqi and Turkish officials met in Antalya on Sunday, where they discussed cooperation against the “mutual threat” of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Syria’s Kurdish-held camps housing families of the Islamic State (ISIS) fighters, according to a joint statement.
Over 3,700 people were admitted to hospitals across Iraq due to breathing difficulties caused by dust storms, the health ministry said on Tuesday, after a severe dust storm engulfed the country’s center and south.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday received a senior delegation from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) in Ankara, in a rare meeting seen as a potential breakthrough in stalled peace efforts between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
A teacher in Iran’s Kurdistan province is under investigation after reportedly beating 13 primary school students, leaving at least one hospitalized, according to reports from state-affiliated media and human rights groups.
Baghdad is set to receive 200 Iraqi nationals affiliated with the Islamic State (ISIS) from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), along with three separate batches of the group’s family members.
Senior Iraqi and Turkish officials met in Antalya on Sunday, where they discussed cooperation against the “mutual threat” of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Syria’s Kurdish-held camps housing families of the Islamic State (ISIS) fighters, according to a joint statement.