Kurdish administration

Authorities in Kurdish-controlled areas in Syria have accused Turkey of using unconventional weapons such as white phosphorus and napalm during its offensive in the northern areas of the country, AFP reported.

The agency says it has failed to independently verify these allegations against Ankara forces or Syrian fighters who support them.

Iraq began piping oil from its fields around the disputed city of Kirkuk on Friday, more than a year after exports were halted over troubles with the autonomous Kurdish administration north of the country.

The Iraqi parliament on Sept. 27 asked Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to send troops to the Kurdish-held region of Kirkuk and take control of its oilfields, as the prime minister demanded that Kurdish administration "cancel" the outcome of the independence referendum.

Rare violence erupted on April 21 between Kurdish groups and Syrian government forces in northeast Syria in which several people were killed, a monitoring group said. 

Kurdish groups control most of Qamishli city, near the Turkish border, but government forces still hold the airport and a few areas of the centre. 

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) suicide bombers killed at least ten people and injured dozens in two coordinated attacks on June 23 in the heart of the northeastern Syrian city of Hasaka, a monitor and a resident said. 

Senior officials from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) are expected to pay a visit to Turkey July 14 to receive the sale revenues from oil exports.