Turkish soldiers killed, wounded in Kurdish rebel attack
12h22 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 30, 2006 (AFP) - Two Turkish soldiers were killed and five wounded in an attack by Kurdish rebels on a gendarmerie post in the eastern province of Bungol, local authorities said Friday.

Leading Kurdish politician risks new trial in Turkey
16h27 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 27, 2006 (AFP) - A leading Kurdish politician risks a fresh trial in Turkey on charges of collaborating with armed Kurdish rebels, court sources said Tuesday.

Radical Kurdish militants claim Turkish resort blast: report
15h11 - ANKARA, June 27, 2006 (AFP) - A radical Kurdish group claimed it was responsible for a weekend explosion that killed four people at a tourist site in southern Turkey, a Kurdish news agency reported Tuesday.

Anfal: Saddam's alleged genocide against the Kurds
12h02 - BAGHDAD, June 27, 2006 (AFP) - The Anfal campaign of the late 1980s, for which former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and six co-defendants will go on trial in Baghdad on August 21, was the climax of decades of antagonism between Iraq's Kurds and the central government.

Saddam genocide trial set for Aug 21
10h58 - BAGHDAD, June 27, 2006 (AFP) - The trial of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein on charges including genocide for a brutal campaign against Kurds in the 1980s that left 100,000 people dead was set Tuesday for August 21.

Saddam genocide trial to begin Aug 21
08h55 - BAGHDAD, June 27, 2006 (AFP) - The trial of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein on charges including genocide for the Anfal campaign against Kurds in the 1980s has been set for August 21, the Iraqi High Tribunal said Tuesday.

Turkish prosecutor probes main Kurdish party over convention
14h26 - ANKARA, June 26, 2006 (AFP) - A Turkish prosecutor on Monday launched an investigation into whether the first convention here Sunday of the country's main Kurdish party amounted to propaganda for separatist Kurdish rebels, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Iraq's 'safe' Kurdistan seeks to lure foreign investments
10h43 - ARBIL, Iraq, June 26, 2006 (AFP) - Iraq's northern Kurdistan region plans to adopt a law to lure foreign investors with long-term tax holidays and hefty concessions on duties, while the rest of Iraq battles a raging insurgency.

Iraq Christians flee Baghdad for peace and hardship in Kurdistan
04h24 - INKAWA, Iraq, June 26, 2006 (AFP) - "We don't have any choice," says a squatter gesturing to the new home he has made for his family in a Christian cemetery in Iraqi Kurdistan, after fleeing violence-plagued Baghdad.

Turkish army kills 11 Kurdish rebels
18h25 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 23, 2006 (AFP) - Eleven Kurdish rebels were killed on Friday in clashes with the Turkish army in the southeast of the country, local security officials said.

Iraq Christians flee Baghdad for peace and hardship in Kurdistan
04h24 - INKAWA, Iraq, June 26, 2006 (AFP) - "We don't have any choice," says a squatter gesturing to the new home he has made for his family in a Christian cemetery in Iraqi Kurdistan, after fleeing violence-plagued Baghdad.

Turkish army kills 11 Kurdish rebels
18h25 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 23, 2006 (AFP) - Eleven Kurdish rebels were killed on Friday in clashes with the Turkish army in the southeast of the country, local security officials said.

Turkish army kills eight Kurdish rebels
17h21 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 23, 2006 (AFP) - Eight Kurdish rebels were killed on Friday in clashes with the Turkish army in the southeast of the country, local security officials said.

Remains of 31 Kurds found in Iraq mass grave
16h48 - SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq, June 23, 2006 (AFP) - A mass grave has been discovered north of the Iraqi capital where 31 Kurds were buried during the former regime of Saddam Hussein, a Kurdish official said Friday.

Turkey's main Kurdish party to convene congress
13h47 - ANKARA, June 24, 2006 (AFP) - Turkey's main Kurdish political group, the Democratic Society Party (DTP), will hold its first congress Sunday, expected to result in a decision to revise the party's leadership system.

Iraq's minority Sabean-Mandeans seek Kurdistan safe haven
15h45 - BAGHDAD, June 22, 2006 (AFP) - Baghdad's entire Sabean-Mandean population estimated at 25,000 has presented a petition to Kurdish authorities to move to the northern region's safe haven, an Arab League official said Thursday.

Muslim leader Mullah Krekar hails Bin Laden and Zarqawi
11h03 - OSLO, June 22, 2006 (AFP) - The founder of radical Islamist group Ansar al-Islam, Mullah Krekar, on Thursday hailed Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed two weeks ago.

FRANCAIS SERVI Muslim leader Mullah Krekar hails Bin Laden and Zarqawi
11h02 - OSLO, June 22, 2006 (AFP) - The founder of radical Islamist group Ansar al-Islam, Mullah Krekar, on Thursday hailed Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed two weeks ago.

Muslim leader in Norway hails Bin Laden and Zarqawi
10h26 - OSLO, June 22, 2006 (AFP) - The founder of a radical Islamist group living in Norway since 1991 hailed Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden on Thursday, and praised the good work of bid Laden's recently slain lieutenant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

Iranian Kurds stuck at Jordan border plead for resettlement
11h52 - AMMAN, June 21, 2006 (AFP) - Iranian Kurds who fled violence-plagued Iraq have been stuck in dire conditions in no man's land along the Jordanian border for the past 18 months, a spokesman for the refugees said Wednesday.

EU hails verdict over bombing in Turkey
11h44 - ANKARA, June 21, 2006 (AFP) - The swift conviction of two Turkish soldiers over a deadly bomb attack on a Kurdish-owned bookstore in eastern Turkey is an encouraging sign of growing civilian control over the military, a senior EU official said in remarks published Wednesday.

Turkish police foil bomb attack in Istanbul
11h19 - ISTANBUL, June 21, 2006 (AFP) - Turkish police said Wednesday they had detained two suspected Kurdish rebels in possession of 5.7 kilos (12.5 pounds) of plastic explosives believed intended for attacks in Istanbul.

Suspected Kurdish bomber risks life in jail over resort blast
17h12 - ANKARA, June 20, 2006 (AFP) - A Turkish prosecutor is seeking a life sentence for an alleged separatist Kurdish militant for a bombing in a popular seaside resort last year that killed five people, two of them foreigners, the Anatolia news agency reported Tuesday.

Fifty-six mayors risk jail in Turkey over letter to Danish PM
12h37 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 20, 2006 (AFP) - Fifty-six Kurdish mayors risk up to 10 years in jail for signing a letter urging Denmark's Prime Minister to ignore Turkey's calls to ban a Kurdish television station with alleged links to terrorism, judicial sources said Tuesday.

US wants Denmark to shut down Kurdish TV station: source
18h57 - COPENHAGEN, June 19, 2006 (AFP) - Denmark is under continuing pressure from the United States to withdraw the broadcast license and pull the plug on the Kurdish television channel Roj TV, Danish government sources said Monday.

Three Kurdish rebels killed, train bombed in southeast Turkey
15h07 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 18, 2006 (AFP) - Three rebels from the separatist Kurdish group PKK were killed Sunday in fighting with the Turkish army and a freight train was bombed overnight by suspected members of the group.

Suspected Kurdish rebels bomb freight train
10h04 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 18, 2006 (AFP) - Suspected Kurdish rebels bombed a freight train in southeast Turkey, causing damage but no casualties, officials said Sunday.

Three wounded in bomb blasts in southeast Turkey
20h07 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 16, 2006 (AFP) - Three bombs exploded on Friday in Turkey's mainly Kurdish south east, injuring three people, media and local sources said.

Kurdish militants say they planted Istanbul bomb
12h40 - ISTANBUL, June 16, 2006 (AFP) - A radical Kurdish group on Friday claimed responsibility for a bomb attack a day earlier in a busy Istanbul neighbourhood, vowing more violence in reponse to what it called the mistreatment of Kurds in Turkey.

Kurdish rebel kills himself in blast, more bombs discovered
10h50 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 16, 2006 (AFP) - A Kurdish rebel killed himself in a botched grenade attack on security forces who had come to raid his home in eastern Turkey late Thursday, security sources here said Friday.

Bomb explodes in eastern Turkey, no casualties
06h42 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 16, 2006 (AFP) - A bomb exploded in the mainly Kurdish city of Van in eastern Turkey overnight, causing material damage but no casualties, local security sources said Friday.

Austria extradites suspected Kurdish separatist leader to Germany
09h52 - BERLIN, June 14, 2006 (AFP) - A member of the banned Kurdish rebel group PKK has been extradited from Austria to Germany where he has long been sought for militant attacks, the federal prosecutor's office said on Wednesday.

Kurdish rebels kill two Turkish soldiers
17h28 - ANKARA, June 11, 2006 (AFP) - Kurdish rebels killed two Turkish soldiers and injured five others in an ambush in eastern Turkey on Sunday, the semi-official news agency Anatolia said.

Rebels call for Kurds to refuse to serve in Turkish army
13h09 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 10, 2006 (AFP) - Turkey's main Kurdish separatist rebel group called Saturday on Kurds to refuse to serve out their mandatory stint in the army or at least refuse to take part in operations in the country's Kurdish southeast.

Turkish army kills two Kurdish rebels
07h47 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 10, 2006 (AFP) - Two Kurdish rebels were killed early Saturday in clashes with the Turkish army in the southeast of the country, security officials said.

Kurdish mayor jailed in Turkey for 'praising' rebel leader
15h42 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 9, 2006 (AFP) - A Kurdish mayor in southeastern Turkey was sentenced to 15 months in jail Friday for remarks deemed as praise of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan.

Four policemen wounded in Kurdish rebel attack in Turkey
07h03 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 9, 2006 (AFP) - Four police officers were wounded when separatist Kurdish rebels opened fire on the residence of a local government official in southeast Turkey, local security sources said Friday.

Turkish sociologist cleared in legal saga over deadly blast
18h52 - ISTANBUL, June 8, 2006 (AFP) - A dissident Turkish sociologist was cleared Thursday of helping to organize a deadly blast after the court was unable to establish whether a bomb or a gas leak caused the explosion, Anatolia news agency reported.

Blast kills one, injures four in southeast Turkey
18h02 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 8, 2006 (AFP) - One person was killed and four others injured Thursday in an explosion in the province of Sirnak in mainly Kurdish southeastern Turkey, hospital sources said.

Kurdish rebels kill two soldiers, attack school bus in Turkey
12h59 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 6, 2006 (AFP) - Two Turkish soldiers were killed and two others wounded Tuesday in an ambush by separatist Kurdish rebels, while a remote-controlled landmine targeted a school bus, leaving two more soldiers injured, officials said.

Turkish soldier killed, 8 injured in Kurdish rebel ambush
07h18 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 5, 2006 (AFP) - Separatist Kurdish rebels ambushed a military convoy in southeastern Turkey, killing a soldier and wounding eight others, officials said.

Five killed in fighting in southeast Turkey
15h47 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 2, 2006 (AFP) - A Turkish soldier and four armed Kurdish rebels were killed in clashes in the country's mainly Kurdish southeast, local officials said Friday.

Turkish police foil bomb attacks in tourist city: agency
12h23 - ANKARA, June 1, 2006 (AFP) - Turkish police seized nearly four kilograms (nine pounds) of explosives and detained six suspected Kurdish militants who were allegedly planning bomb attacks in Izmir, a touristic city on the Aegean coast, Anatolia news agency reported Thursday.