Makhmour refugee camp faces siege as Iraqi army attempts to surround it
Iraqi army soldiers are seeking to encircle the Makhmour (Mexmûr) Refugee Camp, home to approximately 13,000 Kurdish refugees, with wire ...
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Contact cut with 2 Kurdish refugees at Turkish-Greek border
Contact has been cut since last night with two Kurdish men who had called for help stuck in the buffer ...
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Greece to close refugee camp Turkey targeted for harbouring terrorists
Greece’s Migration and Asylum Ministry has decided to gradually close a refugee camp on the grounds that the site is ...
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Afghan refugee still held with attackers after sexual assault complaint in Turkey
An Afghan refugee woman who reported being sexually assaulted by four other detainees at a repatriation centre in Turkey's eastern ...
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Denmark deems Syria’s earthquake-hit Latakia safe for returning refugees
The Danish Refugee Appeals Board deemed it safe for Syrian refugees to return to the coastal Latakia province in the ...
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Earthquakes diary: Turkey | In the aftermath of a disaster
*updated on 17 March In the early hours of Monday 6 February, while people were still asleep, a 7.8 magnitude ...
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Red notice for exiled sociologist in 1998 Istanbul explosion case despite repeated acquittals
A red notice has been issued for the detention of exiled Turkish sociologist and writer Pınar Selek after the Turkish ...
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Turkey may repatriate 144 migrants, including Iranian activists
A total of 144 illegal migrants, allegedly including a number of Iranian activists, were detained by gendarmes in Turkey's Aegean ...
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Kurdish-led administration in Syria a refuge for religious minorities, says policy expert
Turkey’s airstrikes that began on 19 November against Kurdish-held territories in North and East Syria have targeted the vicinity of ...
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Hacker group Anonymous hacks Swedish official website in protest at extradition of Kurdish politician
The internationally known hacker group Anonymous announced that it had hacked the official website of the Swedish government in protest ...
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