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Turkey has said the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia were responsible for a blast on the historic Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul on Sunday that killed six people, an incident that recalled similar attacks in years past.

Reuters

Turkish police arrest female suspect over deadly Istanbul bombing

Turkey has accused Syria-based Kurdish militant groups over the attack

The Independent UK

Istanbul terror suspect captured in same hoodie as 2005 London bomber in dramatic raid

Police bodycam footage showed anti-terrorism officers pinning down the female suspect, wearing a purple hoodie inscribed with the words 'New York', as they raided her home last night

Daily Mirror

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What we know about who is behind the Istanbul explosion

Initial findings indicate that Kurdish fighters were responsible for the deadly attack, the interior minister says.

Al Jazeera

Istanbul bomber believed to have Kurdish links but Islamic State ties possible -senior official

Turkish authorities believe the person who carried out a bomb attack in Istanbul on Sunday is linked to Kurdish militants but they are not ruling out Islamic State ties, a senior Turkish official said.

Reuters

Iran targets "terrorist groups" in Iraq's Kurdistan - Fars

Iran's Revolutionary Guards targeted on Monday what the semi-official Fars news agency reported as "terrorist groups" in Iraq's Kurdistan region with missile and drone strikes.

Reuters

Rocket attack near Iraq's Erbil kills one, wounds 10 - mayor

At least one person was killed and 10 others were wounded on Monday after rockets hit the headquarters of the Iranian Kurdish party in the city of Koye, near the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region Erbil, the mayor of Koye Tariq Haidari said.

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Türkiye Detains Syrian Suspected Bomber, Accuses Kurdish Group of Istanbul Attack

Türkiye on Monday accused the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) of carrying out a deadly bomb attack in Istanbul, saying a Syrian woman was in custody suspected of planting the device. The bombing killed six people and wounded 81 others in the popular shopping street of Istiklal Avenue on Sunday…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey blames deadly bomb on Kurdish militants; PKK denies involvement

Turkey blamed Kurdish militants on Monday for an explosion that killed six people in Istanbul and police detained 47 people including a Syrian woman suspected of planting the bomb.

Reuters

Turkey accuses PKK over deadly Istanbul blast, Kurdish groups deny involvement

Turkish police said Monday they have detained a Syrian woman with suspected links to Kurdish militants and that she confessed to planting a bomb that exploded on a bustling pedestrian avenue in Istanbul, killing six people and wounding several dozen others. Kurdish militants strongly denied any links to the bombing.

France 24

Protesters ask Turkey to stop alleged chemical weapons use

Thousands of people have demonstrated in the German city of Düsseldorf against Turkey’s alleged use of chemical weapons in the Kurdish region

The Independent UK

Scotland fans set for extra protection in Turkey friendly with a police offer for every two travelling Tartan Army

It's the first time the nations will have met in 62 years with the match taking place in the Kurdish stronghold of Diyarbakir.

Daily Record

EU’s Gilmore Criticizes Houthis, Demands They Stop Violations against Yemenis

The EU’s special representative for human rights stated that Iran’s intransigence is preventing a positive role it could play in achieving peace in Yemen. The envoy also reviewed new EU measures to punish Iran for killing civilians and the 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini. Eamon Gilmore voiced concern about what…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran's army issues warning to 'rioters' as security forces struggle to suppress unrest

Iran's Army Ground Forces Commander said on Wednesday that "rioters" would have no place in the Islamic Republic if the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered a tougher crackdown on nationwide protests, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Erdogan Announces New Meeting on Sweden's NATO Bid

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said another meeting on Sweden's NATO membership bid would be held later this month after hosting Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in Ankara on Tuesday. Kristersson was hoping to persuade Türkiye to drop its opposition to Sweden joining the US-led military alliance, with Ankara accusing…

Al Jazeera

Turkey demands Sweden take concrete steps prior to NATO approval

Ankara is demanding that Sweden and Finland extradite Kurdish rebels before lifting a veto on their membership bid.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tehran Toughens Stance against Protesters, Judiciary Threatens Capital Punishment

Iranian officials have sharpened their threats against anti-regime protesters with the country's hardliner Chief Justice Gholam-Hossein Ejei announcing on Monday his support for delivering the death penalty against demonstrators. “The deputy head of the judiciary and the public prosecutor are following up on a daily basis the files of key…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Record Number of Foreigners Repatriated from Syria Camps this Year

Repatriations of foreign woman and children affiliated to ISIS from detention camps in northeast Syria hit a record high in 2022, Kurdish authorities said on Tuesday. Thousands of foreigners including women and children had gone to Syria to live in ISIS’ so-called "caliphate" until 2019, when US-backed Kurdish forces snatched…

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Record number of foreigners repatriated from IS camps in Syria this year

Repatriations of foreign woman and children affiliated to Islamic State from detention camps in northeast Syria hit a record high in 2022, Kurdish authorities said on Tuesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syria Cholera Outbreak Worsened by Regime, Türkiye, Says HRW

Human Rights Watch Monday accused the government in Damascus and Türkiye of exacerbating Syria's deadly cholera outbreak by restricting aid and water-flow to the country's Kurdish-held northeast. Syria has recorded 81 deaths and more than 24,000 suspected cases of the extremely virulent disease since September, according to the World Health…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Lawmakers Demand Severe Punishment for ‘Rioters’ as Protests Rage

Hardline Iranian lawmakers urged the judiciary on Sunday to "deal decisively" with perpetrators of unrest, as the country struggles to suppress the biggest show of dissent in years. Widespread anti-government demonstrations erupted in September after the death of young Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, who had been detained by morality…

Asharq Al-Awsat

G7 Denounces ‘Brutal’ Iran Protest Crackdown

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations condemned on Friday Tehran’s response to a wave of protests in Iran sparked by the death of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini. They threatened the Iranian regime to continue to use all available diplomatic measures to hold the authorities accountable,…

Reuters

Sweden to distance itself from Kurdish groups in bid to join NATO

Sweden's new government will distance itself from the Kurdish YPG militia as it tries to win Turkey's approval to join NATO, Sweden's foreign minister told Swedish Radio on Saturday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Memorials of Killed Protesters Restore Momentum to Iran Demonstrations

Skirmishes between protesters and security forces renewed in Iran against the backdrop of a second phase of demonstrations shaking the country since the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who died in police custody. On the eve of the end of the seventh week of unrest, Chehellom memorials…

The Guardian - UK

Finland and Sweden call on Hungary and Turkey to ratify Nato applications

Erdoğan demands action against ‘terrorist’ Kurdish militants as Nordic pair maintain united front

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