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# kurdistan - Tuesday 31 December, 2019
# kurdistan - Friday 18 May, 2018
# Interview
# Interview
'We thought it was an earthquake; it was men with kalashnikovs at the door' - the woman documenting human rights abuses in Turkey
Kurdish journalist Nurcan Baysal is facing a three-year jail term for calling out the government of Recep Erdogan regarding atrocities committed on the Turkish/Syrian border.
# kurdistan - Tuesday 18 October, 2016
# Rosslare
# Rosslare
A three-year-old girl and four other people have been found inside a shipping container in Wexford
The migrants were found inside a unaccompanied container from Cherbourg on the Irish Ferries Oscar Wilde ship.
# kurdistan - Sunday 1 May, 2016
# Foreign Fighter
# Foreign Fighter
"It wasn't an easy decision" - Laois soldier Joshua Molloy speaks about why he chose to fight Isis
The 24-year-old is in Germany after he was released by Kurdish authorities.
# kurdistan - Monday 25 April, 2016
# Foreign Fighter
# Foreign Fighter
'I really appreciate everything' - Joshua Molloy expected to begin journey home
The Irishman was held for over a week in Iraq after fighting Isis in Syria.
# kurdistan - Monday 18 April, 2016
# Civil War
# Civil War
Irishman Joshua Molloy became foreign fighter in Syria after seeing Isis atrocities
The 24-year-old is currently being held by Kurdish authorities.
# kurdistan - Sunday 15 November, 2015
# Sinjar
# Sinjar
Troops find bodies of 78 elderly women in Islamic State mass grave
Sinjar had been taken by Islamic State before being liberated this week.
# kurdistan - Wednesday 10 September, 2014
# Islamic State
# Islamic State
US authorises $25m in military aid to help Iraq fight IS
US President Barack Obama authorised the aid today.
# kurdistan - Sunday 17 August, 2014
# Isis
# Isis
Kurdish troops take towns from Islamic State, advance on key dam
The Kurds are backed by American air strikes.
# kurdistan - Monday 11 August, 2014
# Kurdistan
# Kurdistan
Irish oil and gas firm evacuates Iraq staff
Petroceltic said the move is “precautionary”.
# kurdistan - Friday 11 July, 2014
# Crisis
# Crisis
Tensions flare as Kurds claim control of disputed northern oilfields in Iraq
The move has put strain on the frayed relationship between Iraqi and Kurdish leaders.
# kurdistan - Thursday 3 July, 2014
# Vote
# Vote
While chaos reigns in Iraq, the Kurds want to form an independent state
Forces on the ground are struggling to break the stalemate with militants.
# kurdistan - Tuesday 17 June, 2014
# Deployed
# Deployed
GOAL sends emergency team to Iraq as crisis worsens, ISIS close in on Baghdad
The agency warns that with the ongoing civil war in Syria, aid workers will be stretched.