Iraqi Kurdistan

Turkish armed forces have "neutralized" a key PKK militant leader in an air offensive in northern Iraq, the Defense Ministry said on April 9.         

Turkish airstrikes on April 1 hit PKK terrorist targets in northern Iraq, according to Turkey's National Defense Ministry.     

At least 54 people died when an overcrowded ferry carrying families sank on March 21 in a swollen river in northern Iraq during Kurdish New Year celebrations, officials said.

A wanted PKK militant code-named Havar Bedran was neutralized in Hakurk, northern Iraq, the Turkish Defense Ministry said on March 17.    

Ahead of a ruling by the UN torture committee, the brother of the Kurdish activist deported to Turkey in 2017 says Belgrade should be punished for what he calls its 'illegal' act.

Nechirvan Barzani

Turkey's Defense Ministry condemned an attack by protesters on a Turkish military base near Dohuk in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region on Jan. 26.

U.S. President Donald Trump has said the United States would get out of Syria slowly "over a period of time" and would protect the Washington-backed Kurdish group that Turkey lists as a terrorist organization, as tensions rise in the war-torn country.

Turkey has demanded Google to remove a map of "Kurdistan," which includes its own territory, a minister said Dec. 24.

Turkey's defense minister said on Dec. 18 that northern Iraq's Sinjar region will not be allowed to become "a new stronghold for the PKK terror group."