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The Syrian army declared Aleppo's Kurdish neighbourhoods as closed military zones on Wednesday, as days of violence continued to escalate in the city. The army statement said two humanitarian corridors would be opened from neighbourhoods controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to allow civilians to flee.

The body of a migrant from the Kurdistan Region’s Sulaimani province was found on Sunday in the mountainous areas of Sirnak province in southeastern Turkey after he froze to death while attempting to reach Europe,

The decision by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down its arms and apparently disband has reverberated across the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. For decades, the Turkish army has operated in northern Iraq and has established bases and posts in ...