Kurds
Iranian ethnic group
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Kurdish people or Kurds are an Iranic ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria. There are exclaves of Kurds in Central Anatolia, Khorasan, and the Caucasus, as well as significant Kurdish diaspora communities in the cities of western Turkey and Western Europe. The Kurdish population is estimated to be between 30 and 45 million.
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People smuggling gang boss arrested at airport after going on the run The boss of a Kurdish smuggling ring has been arrested at Manchester Airport after going on the run ahead of his sentencing.Sky News - Published | |
'I had to flee Iran - if I stayed I would have been killed'Pershang Peighami arrived in England in an inflatable boat after a perilous journey from the Kurdish region of Iran.Sky News - Published | |
Monster makes fun of creator: Taliban leader shames Pakistan, shares 1971 surrender pictureWarning Pakistan against attacking the Taliban, Taliban member Ahmad Yasir tweeted, "Interior Minister of Pakistan! Excellent Sir! Afghanistan, Syria and Pakistan are not Turkey to target the Kurds in..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Paris shooting suspect tells investigators of 'hatred of foreigners' The man suspected of shooting dead three Kurds in Paris this week has told investigators of his "hatred of foreigners", prosecutors say.Sky News - Published | |
Protesters clash with police in Paris after three killed in shooting Protesters have clashed with police in Paris during demonstrations after three people were shot dead at a Kurdish cultural centre.Sky News - Published | |
Iranian government says widespread protests are a 'political plot' by Kurdish separatists Facing a serious challenge from ongoing widespread unrest, Iran's government is blaming Kurdish separatists for inciting the unrest, an Iranian academic has said.Sky News - Published | |
Turkey retaliates with deadly airstrikes in Syria and Iraq after Istanbul bombing Turkey has struck Kurdish militant bases in retaliation for a bomb attack in Istanbul last week.Sky News - Published | |
13 killed in Iranian drone and missile attacks on Kurdish targets in Iraq Thirteen people have been killed after Iran fired missiles and drones at militants in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq.Sky News - Published | |
'I don't force anyone to get on boats': Smuggler says dangerous sea crossings will continue The mountains of Kurdish controlled northern Iraq hide some of Europe's most wanted men - the smuggling gangs that help thousands of people on the dangerous and illegal journeys into Britain, France,..Sky News - Published | |
'He's back to me in a coffin': Devastated families hold funerals for some who died in Channel crossing tragedy Funerals have been held in Iraq today as the bodies of 16 of the Kurdish migrants who drowned last month when their dinghy capsized in the English Channel were repatriated.Sky News - Published | |
Bodies of 16 migrants who drowned during Channel crossing repatriated to IraqThe bodies of 16 Kurdish migrants who drowned while crossing the English Channel in November have been repatriated to Iraq, according to local reports.Sky News - Published | |
Kurdish travel agent thinks about Channel migrant deaths every day but defends his role in network The Kurdish travel agent, responsible for 10 of the people who died crossing the Channel last month, has told Sky News he thinks about the dead every day and defended his role in the network.Sky News - Published | |
Kurdish woman who died during Channel crossing told fiance she was making journey just before boarding boatA young Kurdish woman who drowned on Wednesday in the English Channel didn't tell her fiance she was about to board a boat to make the crossing, until the last minute.Sky News - Published | Woman, 21, trying to join fiance in UK is first identified victim of Channel tragedy The first victim of Wednesday's tragedy in the Channel has been named as Mariam Nouri Hamadameen, a 21-year-old Kurdish woman from northern Iraq.Sky News - Published |
