Kurdish rebels behind latest Turkish resort blast: reports
07h09 - ANKARA, Aug 29, 2006 (AFP) - An explosion which killed three people in Turkey's popular Mediterranean resort of Antalya was caused by a bomb placed by separatist Kurdish rebels, Turkish newspapers reported Tuesday.

Blast in Turkish resort kills three, injures 20: reports
17h04 - ISTANBUL, Aug 28, 2006 (AFP) - An explosion ripped through Turkey's major Mediterranean resort of Antalya Monday, killing at least three people and wounding some 20 others as the blast shattered glass and ignited a blaze on the seaside town's busiest street, reports said.

Kurdish rebel group claims weekend blasts in Turkey
16h29 - ISTANBUL, Aug 28, 2006 (AFP) - A Kurdish armed separatist group claimed responsibility on Monday for a blast that tore apart a bus in a Turkish resort at the weekend, injuring 21 people including 10 British tourists.

US forces arrest top Kurdish Al-Qaeda 'bomb-maker'
13h22 - BAGHDAD, Aug 28, 2006 (AFP) - An alleged Al-Qaeda militant suspected of bombing the office of President Jalal Talabani's party in northern Iraq has been arrested near the oil hub of Kirkuk, the US military said.

At least 11 killed in suicide attacks on Iraqi Kurds
17h08 - KIRKUK, Iraq, Aug 27, 2006 (AFP) - Three suicide car bomb attacks on Kurdish targets killed 11 and wounded 66 more in the ethnically mixed northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Sunday, a senior police officer said.

At least 10 killed in suicide attacks on Iraqi Kurds
16h49 - KIRKUK, Iraq, Aug 27, 2006 (AFP) - Two near simultaneous suicide car bomb attacks on Kurdish targets killed 10 and wounded 50 more in the ethnically mixed northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Sunday, a senior police officer said.

At least nine killed in suicide attacks on Iraqi Kurds
16h39 - KIRKUK, Iraq, Aug 27, 2006 (AFP) - Two near simultaneous suicide car bomb attacks on Kurdish targets killed nine and wounded 50 more in the ethnically mixed northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Sunday, a senior police officer said.

Iraqi insurgents murder four Kurdish traffic cops
09h30 - KIRKUK, Iraq, Aug 27, 2006 (AFP) - Iraqi insurgents ambushed and killed four Kurdish traffic cops on Sunday, including a young police academy graduate who was on his way to meet his fiancee and arrange their wedding.

Turkey seizes Pippi Longstocking in Kurdish: report
17h03 - STOCKHOLM, Aug 24, 2006 (AFP) - Over a thousand books about Pippi Longstocking, the world-famous fictional children's character, translated into Kurdish have been seized by Turkish authorities in Istanbul, the Swedish news agency TT said on Thursday.

Thousands of displaced Iraqi Kurds struggle to survive
12h13 - DOHUK, Iraq, Aug 24, 2006 (AFP) - "I am a farmer without a farm," sighed Khalid Mohammed Ismail as he sat in a coffee shop in the centre of Dohuk, a province in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq.

Kurdish women curse Saddam at genocide trial
15h23 - BAGHDAD, Aug 23, 2006 (AFP) - Kurdish women whose families were decimated in a poison gas attack cursed ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein on Wednesday, as they gave harrowing evidence to the third day of his genocide trial.

Kurdish militants claim forest fires in Turkey
14h50 - ANKARA, Aug 23, 2006 (AFP) - A radical Kurdish group said Wednesday that it was behind a series of forest fires that have ravaged large tracts of land in southern and western Turkey since last week.

PKK Kurdish rebels offer ceasefire to Ankara
14h34 - SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq, Aug 23, 2006 (AFP) - Iraq-based Kurdish separatists from the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) have offered a conditional ceasefire to Turkey, one of the rebel group's leaders said Wednesday.

Kurdish guerrilla tells Saddam trial how brother gassed
14h19 - BAGHDAD, Aug 23, 2006 (AFP) - A former Kurdish separatist guerrilla told Wednesday of he found the huddled corpses of his brother and nephew dead after a poison gas attack, on the third day of Saddam Hussein's trial for genocide.

Kurdish women tell chemical horror at Saddam trial
12h38 - BAGHDAD, Aug 23, 2006 (AFP) - Kurdish women whose families were decimated in a poison gas attack cursed ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein on Wednesday, as they gave harrowing evidence to the third day of his genocide trial.

Two Turkish policemen killed; suspected Kurdish bombers arrested
13h36 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Aug 13, 2006 (AFP) - Two policemen were killed on Sunday and a third injured by a mine in eastern Turkey while three suspected bombers of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were arrested in the south of the country, sources said.

Iraq will not be sanctuary for Turkey's Kurdish separatists: Maliki
19h52 - ANKARA, Aug 12, 2006 (AFP) - Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Saturday assured Turkish leaders that his country will not be a sanctuary for Kurdish separatist rebels from Turkey, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Kurdish rebel leader says he may call for a ceasefire: report
14h05 - ANKARA, Aug 11, 2006 (AFP) - Jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan has said he may call on his militants to declare a ceasefire if Ankara displays "a sincere approach" for the resolution of the ethnic conflict, a pro-Kurdish news agency reported Friday.

Germany captures a suspected PKK leader
15h47 - BERLIN, Aug 10, 2006 (AFP) - German authorities said Thursday they had captured a suspected ringleader of the banned Kurdish rebel group PKK who is accused of promoting and securing financing for the organization.

Kurdish rebel, Turkish soldier die in separate attacks
13h34 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) - Militant Kurdish separatists killed a Turkish army officer in an attack on his home early Monday about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Turkey's southern border with Iraq, local officials said.

Suspected Kurdish rebel attacks leave three dead, eight injured in Turkey
16h17 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) - Three soldiers were killed and eight other people injured in Turkey on Sunday in attacks by suspected rebels from the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), officials said.

Suspected Kurdish rebel attacks leave four dead, seven injured in Turkey
14h43 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) - Four soldiers were killed and seven other people injured in Turkey on Sunday in attacks by suspected rebels from the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), officials said.

Suspected Kurdish rebels attack train in southeast Turkey, four injured
11h56 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) - Suspected Kurdish rebels detonated a landmine while a freight train was passing in southeast Turkey, injuring four train security guards, local officials said Sunday.

Radical Kurds claim twin blasts in Turkey, fresh bomb goes off
20h21 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Aug 5, 2006 (AFP) - A radical Kurdish group claimed responsibility Saturday for two bomb blasts that left 17 people injured in southern Turkey the day before as a fresh bomb targeted an office of the main opposition party.

Radical Kurdish group claims twin blasts in southern Turkey
12h18 - ANKARA, Aug 5, 2006 (AFP) - A radical Kurdish group claimed responsibility Saturday for two bomb blasts that left 17 people injured in southern Turkey the day before.

Iraq president to move against Kurdish rebels
15h58 - BAGHDAD, Aug 2, 2006 (AFP) - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said Wednesday he had personally intervened with the Turkish government to diffuse tensions over cross-border raids by Kurdish guerrilla movements in northern Iraq.

Turkey expects Iraqi, US measures against Kurdish rebels 'very soon'
11h23 - ANKARA, Aug 2, 2006 (AFP) - Turkey has high hopes that Iraq and the United States will soon act to curb separatist Turkish Kurd rebels based in northern Iraq, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.

Suspected Kurdish rebels bomb freight train, no casualties
07h17 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Aug 2, 2006 (AFP) - Suspected Kurdish rebels bombed a freight train in eastern Turkey, causing damage but no casualties, security sources said Wednesday.