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Suicide bombers target Iraqi Kurds in disputed areas

KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Three suicide bombers attacked Kurdish security forces and the local headquarters of a Kurdish political party in a disputed oil-rich area of northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing three people, police and medics said. Full story

Kurdish rebels say Turkish army is endangering peaceful pullout

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's Kurdish rebels have accused the army of endangering an agreed pullout of rebel fighters from the mostly Kurdish southeast, due to start on Wednesday, with surveillance drones and large-scale movements of men and equipment. Full story

Iraq-Kurd oil talks break ice, long-term fix unlikely

BAGHDAD/ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - A lasting solution to Iraq's dispute with its Kurdish north is unlikely even if recent talks between the two sides lead to a resumption of oil exports from the autonomous region. Full story

Turkey warns opposition against sabotaging Kurdish peace moves

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Turkish government welcomed a planned withdrawal by Kurdish militants as significant progress towards ending three decades of conflict on Friday, and it warned its nationalist opponents not to sabotage the peace process. Full story

Factbox: Turkey moves towards peace with PKK militant group

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Kurdish militants who have fought a decades-old insurgency against Turkey will start their withdrawal from Turkish territory in two weeks, advancing peace a peace process meant to end a conflict which has killed more than 40,000. Full story

Syrian Kurds fear increasing attacks from Assad forces

BERLIN (Reuters) - Bombings of Kurdish areas in Syria suggest that Syrian Kurds, long detached from the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, are increasingly being targeted by his forces after they struck deals with rebels fighting to topple him, a Kurdish leader said. Full story

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Young male and female fighters in the Kurdish militia known as the Popular Protection Units line up in formation in front of supporters in Ras Al Ayn, Syria.
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Young male and female fighters in the Kurdish militia known as the Popular Protection Units line up in formation in front of supporters in Ras Al Ayn, Syria.

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TOPSHOTSA Syrian boy holds an AK-47 assault rifle in the majority-Kurdish Sheikh Maqsud district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on April 14, 2013. In northern Syria, the Kurdish population has largely observed a careful compromise with regime and rebel forces, fighting alongside neither, in

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File photo of flags flowers and candles displayed by members of the Kurdish community in front of the entrance of the Information Centre of Kurdistan in Paris

Flags, flowers and candles displayed by members of the Kurdish community are seen in front of the entrance of the Information Centre of Kurdistan in Paris, where three Kurdish women were found shot dead in this January 11, 2013 file photo. To match Special Report FRANCE-KURDS/ REUTERS/Christian

File photo of portraits of Kurdish activists pinned on a member of the Kurdish community's coat in Paris
File photo of portraits of Kurdish activists pinned on a member of the Kurdish community's coat in Paris

Portraits of Kurdish activists, from L-R, Fidan Dogan, Sakine Cansiz and Leyla Saylemez are seen pinned on a member of the Kurdish community's coat as they gather next to the entrance of the Information Centre of Kurdistan in Paris, where the women were found shot dead in this January 10, 2013 file

Demirtas co-chairman of the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party gives Reuters interview in Berlin
Demirtas co-chairman of the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party gives Reuters interview in Berlin

Selahattin Demirtas, co-chairman of the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party answers a question during a Reuters interview in Berlin April 15, 2013. A top Kurdish politician said on Monday it would be difficult for Kurdish fighters to disarm before leaving Turkey under a peace process, stressing t