Civilian toll rises in Turkey’s attacks against Kurdish militants in Iraq - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Amberin Zaman

Amberin Zaman

Sep 5, 2024

The mother (C) and father (2-R) of one of two women journalists killed in a drone strike walk past Kurdish Asayish security forces. — The mother (C) and father (2-R) of one of two women journalists killed in a drone strike walk past Kurdish Asayish security forces as relatives and journalists gather in front of the forensic department where the bodies of the two women were brought, in Sulaimaniyah in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Region, on Aug. 23, 2024. — SHWAN MOHAMMED/AFP via Getty Images

Iraq's new first lady and Iraqi-Kurdish politician and writer Shanaz Ibrahim Ahmed receives a bouquet of flowers during her husband's inauguration and handover ceremony as the new Iraqi president at al-Salam Palace in the capital Baghdad on Oct. 17, 2022.

Iraq’s first lady blasts Turkey’s assault against PKK in Kurdistan Region

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Syrian Kurds carry flags and a portrait of Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan as they demonstrate on June 10, 2021, in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli, against the Turkish offensive on PKK areas in northern Iraq.

Turkey's latest attack on PKK militant in Iraqi Kurdistan meant as show of strength

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

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Power struggle in Iraqi Kurdistan on hold as Talabani brothers prevail

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Mazloum Abdi (Kobani), commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), attends a meeting with other commanders and representatives of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS) group, in the northwestern Syrian city of Hasakah, in the province of the same name, on Aug. 24, 2019.

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