Syria Seals Off Iraqi Border After Kurds Issue Threat

(Ha'aretz) Yossi Melman - Syria on Monday sealed off its border with Iraq after Iraqi Kurd fighters threatened to enter the country if violent clashes between Syrian security forces and Syrian Kurds were not brought to an end. Disturbances continued throughout the Kurdish regions in the north of the country, as an American delegation was sent in to try to stabilize the situation following several days of riots.


2004-03-16 00:00:00

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