
The BBC has come under fire from Members of Parliament for refusing to describe Islamic State fighters as terrorists, instead encouraging its news reporters to use the less judgmental term ‘militants’. MPs from both the Labour and Conservative parties have
by Sarkis Zeronian6 Dec 2015, 6:43 AM PST0

Another violent encounter between Kurdish PKK militants and Turkish police was reported on Friday, leaving two dead and 10 wounded in the town of Silopi near the Syrian border. In another sign of escalating violence, an affiliate of the PKK in Iran claimed responsibility for killing 20 Iranian soldiers in an attack on a military outpost.
by John Hayward10 Aug 2015, 7:55 AM PST0

According to the Kurdish Rudaw news agency, Turkish airstrikes against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) targets destroyed a health clinic in the Amediye district of Duhok. The clinic is said to have serviced several nearby villages. No casualties were reported.
by John Hayward31 Jul 2015, 8:48 PM PST0