U.S.-backed Kurdish groups killed 10 civilians while trying to retake control of the Deir al-Zor provincial center in eastern Syria. They had been expelled from the area by local tribes. On Nov. 27, the Deir ez-Zor provincial center was handed over by the regime of former president Bashar al-Assad to the Kurdish group PKK/YPG. But […]
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AA) – The Iraqi government said Tuesday it had disarmed and relocated armed groups opposed to Iran from northern Iraq’s Kurdish region. In a statement, Iraq’s Higher Committee said the offices of the anti-Iran groups were evacuated and that they were disarmed and relocated to areas away from the border. It said the […]...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has said that it has reached an agreement with the Iraqi government on disarming and relocating “armed ‘terrorist’ groups” in northern Iraq by next month. Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani told reporters that the Iraqi government has “committed to disarming the armed separatist ‘terrorist̵...
