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Gunman kills three at Kurdish centre in Paris

PARIS: A 69-year-old gunman opened fire at a Kurdish cultural centre and a hairdressing salon in central Paris on Friday, killing three people and injuring three others, witnesses and prosecutors said.

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Gunman kills three and wounds three others near Kurdish cultural centre in Paris

A man who had just been released from custody for a racist attack went on a rampage near a Kurdish cultural centre in Paris on Friday killing three people and injuring three others.

Radio France Internationale

Paris shooting: Three dead and four injured after incident in French capital

The incident happened near Kurdish cultural centre Ahmet-Kaya at 16 rue d’Enghien in the French capital's 10th arrondissement.

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Gunman in Paris Kills Three in Attack on Kurdish Center, Sparking Protests

A gunman shot dead three people at a Kurdish cultural center and nearby Kurdish cafe in central Paris on Friday, prompting scores of protesters to take to nearby streets. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said the suspected assailant had clearly wanted to target foreigners, but there was no evidence yet…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran's clerical leaders to grapple with deepening dissent in 2023

Nationwide protests sparked by the death in custody of Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini have ushered Iran into a new era of deepening crisis between the clerical leadership and society at large.

Reuters

Iran's Supreme Court Orders Retrial of Protester on Death Row

The Iranian Supreme Court ordered a retrial of a protester sentenced to death in early November, according to the judiciary's website, Mizan Online. According to Agence France-Presse, Mahan Sedarat was among 11 people sentenced to death for events related to the protests that have been rocking the country for three…

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Signs Emerge of Turkish Decision to Freeze North Syria Operation

Türkiye has reaffirmed that it will not be asking anyone for permission to wage a ground military operation in neighboring Syria, but indicators for it launching the campaign remain absent at a time the country is facing Russian and US pressures to fall back on its planned operation against the…

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In Joint Raid, Kurdish Forces Seize ISIS Militant in Syria

A Kurdish-led group in Syria said Monday that its fighters alongside US forces have arrested a wanted militant with the ISIS group that continues to stage attacks in the region. There are some 900 US troops in Syria supporting Kurdish-led forces in the fight against the militant group. The Syrian…

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Turkish prosecutor says pro-Kurdish party's bank accounts should be blocked -Haberturk

A top Turkish prosecutor requested that the Constitutional Court block the bank accounts belonging to the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), broadcaster Haberturk reported on Monday, as part of a case seeking a political ban on the party.

Reuters

In joint raid, Kurdish forces seize IS militant in Syria

A Kurdish-led group in Syria says its fighters with U.S. help have arrested a wanted militant with the Islamic State group that continues to stage attacks in the region

The Independent UK

Saudi-Iran talks said to have stalled over protests in Iran

Multiple Iraqi officials have told The Associated Press that Baghdad-mediated talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia have come to a halt

The Independent UK

Economic pain, Turkish strikes drive Syrian Kurds to Europe

A growing number of Syrian Kurds are making the journey to Europe on a circuitous course that includes travel by car and plane across Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, then finally by boat to Spain

The Independent UK

Knife fights and murders at Calais migrant camp 'run by Kurdish mafia with fear'

Hundreds of men, women and children shiver in cold and terror at 'Kurdish mafia-controlled' camps in France as they try to reach Britain in the hope of starting a new, safer life

Daily Mirror

Turkish military incursion in Syria faces opposition from US, Russia

Turkish military forces are poised to launch a ground offensive in Syria against US-backed Syrian Kurdish forces, accused by Ankara of attacks on Turkey. But Ankara is facing stiff opposition from both Washington and Moscow.

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Prominent Iranian Cleric Urges Release of Protest Detainees

A prominent dissident Sunni Muslim cleric urged Iranian authorities on Friday to free thousands of detained protesters and stop executions as the three-month-old unrest churned on with street marches in a restive southeastern province. Amnesty International said 26 people faced possible execution after Tehran hanged two people arrested over the…

France 24

Exiles: Meet the Iranian women taking up arms in Iraqi Kurdistan

Her death has sparked the biggest uprising against the Iranian regime since the mullahs came to power more than 40 years ago. Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, died on September 16 after being arrested by Iran's morality police for violating the country’s strict dress code for women. Since then,…

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Bomb Attack in Türkiye Targets Police Van, Injuring 9

A bomb exploded on a highway in Türkiye as a van carrying police officers drove past on Friday, injuring nine of its passengers, government officials said. Two people were detained in connection with the attack, which occurred near the predominantly Kurdish-populated city of Diyarbakir in southeast Türkiye, Interior Minister Suleyman…

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Tehran Blames Washington for its Ouster from UN Rights Body

Iran sharply criticized the US a day after it was voted out from a UN commission on women's rights for its suppression of demonstrations since the death of Mahsa Amini in September. The death of Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, in the custody of Iran's notorious morality police had triggered…

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Iraq, Kurdistan Discuss Mechanism to Secure Border with Iran, Türkiye

Iraqi Minister of Interior Lt-Gen Abdul Amir al-Shammari discussed with officials of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) measures to secure the Turkish and Iranian borders, the Interior Ministry announced in a statement. It said that based on the directives of the Prime Minister, an Iraqi delegation of the Interior Ministry,…

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Rights Group: More Iranians at Imminent Risk of Execution

Rights groups warned Sunday that several protesters in Iran are at imminent risk of execution, following an international backlash against the clerical regime's first hanging linked to ongoing demonstrations. The almost three-month-old protest movement was sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish-Iranian arrested by the morality…

The National (Scotland)

Glasgow Girl Roza Salih on the 10 things that changed her life

MY family are very political. If people want to understand who I am and what has influenced me then my family has played a huge part in that.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: What's at stake in Turkey's new Syria escalation

Kurdish forces and international players — after weeks of deadly Turkish airstrikes in northern Syria — are trying to gauge whether Ankara’s threats of a ground invasion are serious

Daily Mirror

Children dumped in layby by smuggling gang as ringleader goes on the run

National Crime Agency (NCA) said Tarik Namik "headed up" the "large-scale" operation bringing Kurdish migrants into the UK hidden in the back of lorries

The Independent UK

Turkey remains concerned by alleged PKK activity in Finland

Turkey's defense minister says Turkey remains concerned by alleged activities of Kurdish militant groups in Finland and expects Helsinki to take “concrete steps” before Ankara can approve its NATO membership

Reason

Conservative Cancel Culture Comes to Kurdistan

Religious Kurds used social media to shut down a rap concert—and they're swinging their weight around politics, too.

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