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Iraq PM urges Iran to help defuse crisis with Turkey
12h48 - BAGHDAD, Oct 31, 2007 (AFP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday urged Tehran to help defuse the crisis with Turkey over Kurdish rebels and called for Iran's support at a conference on Iraq this week.
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Turkish army kills 15 rebels
11h46 - ANKARA, Oct 31, 2007 (AFP) - The Turkish army Wednesday said it had killed 15 Kurdish rebels in clashes near the Iraqi border.
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Iraqi Kurds defy Turkish war threat
11h29 - ARBIL, Iraq, Oct 31, 2007 (AFP) - It is late in the evening and the aroma of hot tea fills the air as a restaurant in Arbil's Al-Iskan street serves dozens of customers happily chatting late into the night despite Turkey's threat of an incursion into northern Iraq.
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Turkey accuses Iraqi Kurds of harbouring 'terrorists'
08h47 - ANKARA, Oct 31, 2007 (AFP) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused a top Iraqi Kurd leader of "harbouring" terrorists and said his cabinet would on Wednesday discuss economic sanctions against Iraqi Kurdistan.
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Bush to meet Turkish PM on November 5
20h17 - WASHINGTON, Oct 30, 2007 (AFP) - US President George W. Bush meets November 5 with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, amid mounting US efforts to forestall a Turkish incursion into Iraq to crush Kurdish separatist rebels.
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Turkey pounds rebels, warns US over ties
17h59 - SIRNAK, Turkey, Oct 30, 2007 (AFP) - The Turkish army pounded Kurdish rebels near the Iraqi border Tuesday as Ankara warned that ties with Washington would suffer as long as the separatists in northern Iraq are not reined in.
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UN chief to Turkey this weekend
17h44 - UNITED NATIONS, Oct 30, 2007 (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon is to travel to Turkey this weekend to attend a ministerial meeting of countries neighboring Iraq, a UN spokeswoman said Tuesday.
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Iran FM to visit Iraq Wednesday
12h13 - TEHRAN, Oct 30, 2007 (AFP) - Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is to visit Baghdad on Wednesday, amid growing tensions over Turkish warnings of an incursion against Kurdish militants in north Iraq, media reported on Tuesday.
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Iraqi Kurds reject 'orders' from Ankara, Turkey pounds rebels
10h39 - SIRNAK, Turkey, Oct 30, 2007 (AFP) - Iraq's Kurdish leader dismissed the idea of taking "orders" from Ankara to crack down on Turkish Kurd rebel bases in his region as Turkey continued Tuesday to pound positions near their border. Massud Barzani, president of the Kurdish regional government that holds sway in northern Iraq, regretted Ankara's refusal to hold direct talks on the crisis over the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels.
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Iraq's Kurdish leader rejects 'orders' from Turkey
08h46 - ANKARA, Oct 30, 2007 (AFP) - Iraq's Kurdish leader Massud Barzani said in an interview published Tuesday that he would not take orders from Turkey to crack down on Turkish Kurd rebels based in his autonomous region.
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Iraq warns Turkey against 'disastrous' incursion
18h41 - ANKARA, Oct 29, 2007 (AFP) - Turkey paraded its military muscle Monday, amid stern warnings from Baghdad that any large-scale Turkish incursion against Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq would have "disastrous" results.
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Syria and Iran pledge help to defuse Turkey-Iraq crisis
16h15 - DAMASCUS, Oct 29, 2007 (AFP) - Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem and his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki on Monday pledged their support for efforts to defuse a crisis between Ankara and Baghdad over PKK rebels based in northern Iraq.
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Iraq warns Turkey against 'disastrous' incursion
15h56 - ANKARA, Oct 29, 2007 (AFP) - Turkey paraded its military muscle Monday, amid stern warnings from Baghdad that any large-scale Turkish incursion against Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq would have "disastrous" results.
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Kurds battle Kurds in Turkey's restive southeast
11h51 - SENOBA, Turkey, Oct 29, 2007 (AFP) - Assault rifle in hand, Kurdish "village guard" Sabri Bulut stood proudly in his camouflage uniform and pronounced himself ready to cross the Turkish border into northern Iraq to help crush separatist Kurd rebels.
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Iraqi FM warns Turkey over 'dead serious' standoff
10h29 - LONDON, Oct 29, 2007 (AFP) - Iraq warned Monday that a full-scale Turkish incursion against Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq would have "disastrous" results and accused Ankara of being unresponsive to a peaceful resolution of the crisis.
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Barzani suggests talks with Turkey over PKK
16h02 - ARBIL, Iraq, Oct 28, 2007 (AFP) - Iraqi Kurd leader Massud Barzani called on Sunday for direct talks with Turkey to break the deadlock over the problem of rebel fighters hiding out in northern Iraq.
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Iran cool as Turkey warns of PKK strike
15h22 - TEHRAN, Oct 28, 2007 (AFP) - Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan warned on Sunday that Turkey could launch an attack on Kurdish militants in northern Iraq but failed to win the support of neighbouring Iran for a military strike.
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Turkish troops clash with Kurdish rebels
13h30 - ANKARA, Oct 28, 2007 (AFP) - The Turkish military killed 15 Kurdish rebels Sunday in a clash near the Iraqi border, amid stepped up diplomatic efforts to avert a full-scale Turkish incursion against separatist bases in northern Iraq.
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Turkish army kills 15 Kurdish rebels: TV
13h03 - ANKARA, Oct 28, 2007 (AFP) - The Turkish army on Sunday killed 15 Kurdish rebels in an operation in the eastern province of Tunceli, the CNN Turk news channel reported.
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2,000 protest in southeast Turkey against rebel violence
10h54 - SIRNAK, Turkey, Oct 27, 2007 (AFP) - Some 2,000 people, mostly Kurds, took to the streets in Turkey's southeast on Saturday to protest mounting Kurdish rebel violence amid Ankara's threats of a military strike into Iraq to weed out the rebels.
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Turkey comes closer to Iraq incursion: press
08h00 - ANKARA, Oct 27, 2007 (AFP) - Turkish media said Saturday that the government's rejection of Iraqi proposals to curb Kurdish militants had brought closer Turkish military strikes on Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq.
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Turkey rejects Iraqi proposals to tackle Kurds
22h10 - ANKARA, Oct 26, 2007 (AFP) - Turkey rejected on Friday Iraqi proposals to stop Kurdish rebels making cross-border attacks as too little, too late and said it remained in a "constant state of alert."
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Turkish PM ambiguous on timing of military operation
19h46 - ANKARA, Oct 26, 2007 (AFP) - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan remained ambiguous Friday on the timing of an eventual Turkish military operation against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, but hinted that it is unlikely to happen before he flies to Washington on November 5.
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Turkish FM to visit Iran Saturday
19h01 - ANKARA, Oct 26, 2007 (AFP) - In the midst of a crisis with Baghdad over Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq, Turkey's foreign minister will travel Saturday to Iran, which has urged Ankara to avoid military action against its western neighbour.
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Iraqi proposals on Kurdish rebels unsatisfactory: Turkey
17h59 - ANKARA, Oct 26, 2007 (AFP) - Turkey is not satisfied with the proposals Baghdad submitted at crisis talks here Friday to tackle Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq and wants more urgent measures, the foreign ministry said.
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Iraqi Kurds seen to hold key to PKK crisis
12h10 - BAGHDAD, Oct 26, 2007 (AFP) - Iraq's Kurds, not Baghdad, hold the key to defusing the crisis over the Kurdish armed revolt against Turkey as the two states try to find a formula to avert a military strike, analysts and MPs said.
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Iraqi Kurds huddle to escape Turkish shelling
12h04 - BEGOVA, Iraq, Oct 26, 2007 (AFP) - In the tiny villages of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, Turkey has become the latest nightmare for residents, filling the vacuum left by the ousting and execution of Iraq's long-term dictator.
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Turkey-Iraq hold crunch talks over Kurdish threat
10h30 - ANKARA, Oct 26, 2007 (AFP) - Iraqi ministers held crisis talks here Friday seeking to persuade an increasingly impatient Turkey against launching military strikes against rebel Kurd bases in northern Iraq.
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Turkey-Iraq talks stop after 90 minutes
09h18 - ANKARA, Oct 26, 2007 (AFP) - Talks here between Turkish and Iraqi ministers to avert military action by Ankara in northern Iraq were interrupted after an hour and a half and it was not immediately known if and when they would resume, an Iraqi embassy official said.
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Turkish leaders increase pressure on US, Iraq
19h51 - ANKARA, Oct 25, 2007 (AFP) - Turkish leaders lent extra weight Thursday to their threat of a military incursion against Kurdish separatists holed up in northern Iraq, as an Iraqi delegation arrived in Ankara for crisis talks.
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Iraqi delegation in Ankara for crisis talks
17h09 - ANKARA, Oct 25, 2007 (AFP) - An Iraqi delegation led by Defence Minister Abdel Qader Mohammed Jassim arrived in Ankara on Thursday seeking to avert a Turkish incursion against Kurd rebels in northern Iraq, Iraqi sources said.
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Incursion threat clouds livelihood of Turkey's Kurds
16h03 - CIZRE, Turkey, Oct 25, 2007 (AFP) - Kurds in the southeastern Turkish town of Cizre, close to the Iraqi border, fear their region could be drawn into conflict and economic ruin if Turkey sends its troops into Iraq to hunt down Kurdish rebels.
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Turkish leaders pressure US, Iraq over incursion threat
15h37 - ANKARA, Oct 25, 2007 (AFP) - Turkish leaders lent extra weight Thursday to their threat of a military incursion against Kurdish separatists holed up in northern Iraq, as an Iraqi delegation arrived in Ankara for crisis talks.
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Iraqi delegation arrives in Ankara for crisis talks
15h30 - ANKARA, Oct 25, 2007 (AFP) - An Iraqi delegation led by Defence Minister Abdel Qader Mohammed Jassim arrived in Ankara on Thursday seeking to avert a Turkish military incursion against Kurd rebels in northern Iraq.
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PKK says captive soldiers held in Turkish territory
14h17 - ANKARA, Oct 25, 2007 (AFP) - The separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said Thursday through a pro-Kurdish news agency that eight Turkish soldiers it captured last Sunday are being held in Turkish territory.
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US rejects Iraqi claim that Kurdish rebels out of reach
14h11 - ANKARA, Oct 25, 2007 (AFP) - A senior US official rejected Thursday an Iraqi argument that it was unable to round up Kurdish rebel leaders who use remote bases in northern Iraq to launch cross-border raids on Turkish troops.
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Turkey alone will decide on Iraq incursion: PM
12h00 - BUCHAREST, Oct 25, 2007 (AFP) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that any decision to launch a military incursion into northern Iraq was for Ankara alone, as he dismissed a US call for restraint.
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Turkish jets bombed rebel positions in Iraq: minister
07h20 - ANKARA, Oct 24, 2007 (AFP) - Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish separatist camps in northern Iraq on Sunday shortly after an attack by the rebels killed 12 Turkish soldiers, newspapers quoted a senior minister as saying Wednesday.
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Iraq insurgent group urges Turkey to avoid incursion
02h36 - WASHINGTON, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - An Iraqi insurgent umbrella group has urged Turkey to refrain from attacking Kurdish rebels on Iraqi soil and find a diplomatic solution to the conflict, a US group monitoring Islamist websites said Tuesday.
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Iraq PM orders crackdown on PKK
19h36 - BAGHDAD, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - Iraq's prime minister ordered a crackdown Tuesday on Kurdish PKK rebels, saying Iraq will no longer tolerate the "terrorist" group on its soil, amid Turkish threats of a military incursion.
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US may aid Turkey against rebels
18h23 - WASHINGTON, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - The United States said Tuesday that it may provide Turkey with intelligence to help its armed forces strike Kurdish rebels based in Iraq, but downplayed talk of joint military operations.
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US may give Turkey intelligence: White House
17h48 - WASHINGTON, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - The United States may provide Turkey with information enabling its armed forces to strike Kurdish rebels based in Iraq, the White House said Tuesday, downplaying talk of joint military operations.
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Turkey pushes for diplomatic end to Kurdish rebel crisis
16h11 - BAGHDAD, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Tuesday ordered the closure of offices run by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), saying Iraq would no longer allow the "terrorist" group to operate on its soil.
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Baghdad to shut offices of Kurdish rebels: PM
16h07 - BAGHDAD, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Tuesday Baghdad will shut down the offices of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and not allow the "terrorist" group to operate on Iraqi soil.
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Kurdish peshmerga stand guard at tense Iraq-Turkey border
15h42 - IBRAHIM KHALIL, Iraq, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - Amid tension along the frontier with Turkey and threats from Ankara to strike at rebel bases inside northern Iraq, Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters have turned into border guards.
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Erdogan warns of sanctions against Iraq
15h34 - ANKARA, 23 oct 2007 (AFP) - Turkey is considering economic sanctions against Iraq over the presence of Kurdish rebel sanctuaries there, Anatolia news agency quoted Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as saying Tuesday.
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US State Dept rebuffs talk of strikes on Kurdish rebels
14h36 - WASHINGTON, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - The US State Department said Tuesday it was hunting for a diplomatic resolution to tensions on Turkey's border with Iraq, after a report raised the possibility of US-Turkish strikes on Kurdish rebels.
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Turkey bans "negative" broadcasts on Kurdish rebel attack
13h38 - ANKARA, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - The government on Tuesday ordered Turkey's RTUK broadcasting watchdog to ban "negative" radio and television broadcasts concerning a Kurdish rebel attack at the weekend that killed 12 soldiers dead.
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Mass anti-PKK protests in Turkey as soldiers laid to rest
12h41 - KESKIN, Turkey, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - Tens of thousands of angry Turks took to the streets across the country Tuesday to protest Kurdish rebel violence as 12 soldiers, slain in an ambush at the weekend, were laid to rest.
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Turkey has no territorial designs on Iraq: PM
11h29 - LONDON, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - Turkey has no territorial designs on Iraq, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday, stressing that any military action in the country would only target the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
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Britain's Brown condemns PKK terrorist violence
11h08 - LONDON, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown condemned Tuesday "terrorist violence" by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), after talks with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Brown condemns PKK terrorist violence
11h04 - LONDON, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown condemned Tuesday "terrorist violence" by the Kurdistan Workers' Party, after talks with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Turkey rejects PKK ceasefire offer
10h10 - BAGHDAD, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan on Tuesday rejected a conditional ceasefire offer from the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), saying Ankara does not deal with a "terror" group.
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Turkish FM stresses diplomacy to solve PKK crisis
10h01 - BAGHDAD, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan on Tuesday put the emphasis on diplomatic moves to resolve the crisis over Kurdish rebels operating against Ankara from northern Iraq.
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AFP TV journalist visits Kurdish rebel camp
09h51 - PARIS, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - An AFPTV journalist, Guillaume Bonnet, recently made a documentary with Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) separatist Kurdish rebels in the mountains of northern Iraq.
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US, Turkey raise prospect of joint action against Kurd rebels
09h08 - WASHINGTON, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - Amid a diplomatic push Tuesday to prevent Turkish military action in northern Iraq, both Ankara and Washington flagged the prospect of a joint US-Turkish strike against Kurdish separatists in the region.
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Turkish FM in Baghdad crisis talks on Kurd rebels
08h08 - BAGHDAD, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan was in Baghdad for crisis talks on the activities of Kurdish rebels on Tuesday as Washington urged Ankara to hold back from unilateral military action.
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Turkish FM arrives in Baghdad for crisis talks
07h57 - BAGHDAD, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday for talks with Iraqi leaders on the crisis over Kurdish rebels, Iraqi government officials told AFP.
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US considering air strikes on Kurdish rebels in Iraq: report
06h42 - WASHINGTON, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - The United States is considering air strikes against Kurdish PKK rebels operating in northern Iraq in an attempt to head off a Turkish incursion, the Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday, citing unnamed government officials.
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Turkish FM due in Baghdad for crisis talks
06h26 - BAGHDAD, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan was due in Baghdad on Tuesday for talks with Iraqi leaders about the crisis over Kurdish rebels, a foreign ministry statement said.
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Nervous US vows help for Turkey against PKK rebels
01h40 - WASHINGTON, Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - President George W. Bush Monday promised US cooperation in Turkey's struggle against Kurdish rebels operating out of northern Iraq, but Washington also urged restraint after deadly border clashes.
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Kurdish rebels offer conditional ceasefire: website
14h37 - SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq, Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said on Monday it was ready to lay down its arms if Turkey stopped attacking the rebels and abandoned plans for an incursion into Iraq, according to a rebel website.
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Iraq says Kurdish rebels to declare ceasefire
14h29 - SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq, Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said Kurdish rebels were set to declare a unilateral ceasefire on Monday, in the face of mounting Turkish threats to strike their bases in northern Iraq.
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Kurdish rebels to declare ceasefire: Iraqi president
14h05 - SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq, Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said Monday Kurdish rebels would announce a unilateral ceasefire later in the day amid Turkish threats to launch an incursion against them in northern Iraq.
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PKK militarily weak but tactically strong: analysts
14h02 - LONDON, Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq are not a strong military force, but a Turkish military strike on their bases could draw in thousands sympathetic to their cause, analysts said Monday.
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Turkey to use diplomacy before resorting to force: FM
13h48 - KUWAIT CITY, Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said in Kuwait on Monday that Ankara will exhaust diplomatic efforts to resolve the problem of Kurdish rebels before sending troops into northern Iraq.
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Iraqi Kurds fear economic fallout from Turkish incursion
13h30 - SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq, Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - Iraqi Kurds on Monday expressed fear of acute economic woes in their relatively calm region of war-ravaged Iraq if Ankara launches a cross-border incursion against Turkish Kurdish rebels.
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Iraq refuses to send troops after Kurdish rebels
13h29 - BAGHDAD, Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - Iraq refused Monday to send troops in pursuit of Kurdish rebels on its northern border but vowed to cut supplies to the fighters in an attempt to ward off the threat of a Turkish incursion.
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Jordan urges restraint after Turkey clashes
13h24 - AMMAN, Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - Jordan said on Monday it was "deeply concerned" following the deadly clashes between the Turkish army and Kurdish separatists in near the border with Iraq, and appealed for restraint.
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Turkish FM to visit Baghdad for crisis talks
12h31 - BAGHDAD, Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan will visit Baghdad on Tuesday for talks with Iraqi leaders about the crisis over Kurdish rebels, an advisor to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said.
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Iraq ministers meet for Turkey crisis session
10h08 - BAGHDAD, Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - Iraqi ministers addressed parliament in a crisis session on Monday as pressure mounted on the government to rein in Kurdish rebels or face the increasingly likely prospect of a Turkish incursion.
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US support for PKK could damage relations with Turkey: PM
09h19 - LONDON, Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - US failure to act against Turkish Kurd rebels based in northern Iraq threatens Anakara's close ties with Washington, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned in an interview published Monday.
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Turkey vows to defeat Kurdish rebels after deadly clashes
21h45 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Oct 21, 2007 (AFP) - Turkey said Sunday it was ready to pay any price to win victory over Kurdish separatists after 12 soldiers and 32 rebels were killed in heavy clashes near the tense border with Iraq.
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Turkey ready to 'pay the price' to defeat Kurdish rebels
20h40 - ANKARA, Oct 21, 2007 (AFP) - Turkey said Sunday that it was not afraid of "paying the price" to win victory over Kurdish separatists based in northern Iraq after a rebel ambush near the Iraqi border left 12 soldiers dead.
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Turkey pledges strong response to Kurdish attack
18h03 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Oct 21, 2007 (AFP) - Turkey vowed strong action Sunday against Kurdish separatists after 12 of its soldiers and 32 rebels were killed in clashes sparked by an ambush near the tense border with Iraq.
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Washington outraged at 'terrorist' Kurdish rebel attack
17h23 - WASHINGTON, Oct 21, 2007 (AFP) - Washington on Sunday said it was "outraged" at an ambush by "terrorist" Kurdish rebels on a Turkish military patrol that killed at least 12 soldiers, amid spiking cross-border tensions.
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Turkish leaders hold emergency talks after rebel attack
17h16 - ANKARA, Oct 21, 2007 (AFP) - Turkey's civilian and military leaders convened here Sunday in an emergeny meeting to discuss Ankara's response after 12 Turkish soldiers and 32 Kurdish rebels were killed in heavy clashes sparked by an ambush near the Iraqi border, the Anatolia news agency reported.
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Britain condemns Kurdish rebel attack on Turkish troops
17h15 - LONDON, Oct 21, 2007 (AFP) - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband condemned an ambush by Kurdish rebels on a Turkish military patrol Sunday that killed 12 soldiers, and called on other countries in the region to do the same.
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Iraqi president tells Turkey 'no can do' on rebel leaders
17h02 - ARBIL, Iraq, Oct 21, 2007 (AFP) - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani rejected on Sunday the idea that Kurdish rebel leaders holed up on Iraq's mountainous border with Turkey could be rounded up and handed over as demanded by Ankara.
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Iraq cannot hand over rebels to Turkey: Talabani
14h17 - ARBIL, Iraq, Oct 21, 2007 (AFP) - Iraq's president said on Sunday that Baghdad could not deliver Kurdish rebel leaders to Turkey, as the crisis over the Iraq-based fighters intensified with the killing of 12 Turkish soldiers.
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Hundreds of Turks protest Kurdish rebels after day of violence
13h44 - ISTANBUL, Oct 21, 2007 (AFP) - Nearly 1,000 people took to the streets here Sunday in an impromptu demonstration to protest against mounting violence by separatist Kurdish rebels after fighting in the country's southeast left 35 people dead.
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Iraq urges Turkey against incursion
14h01 - WASHINGTON, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh, in a rare appearance at the White House, Thursday urged Turkey not to carry out a possible military strike at Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.
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Fearful Iraq Kurds protest Turkish threat
13h26 - ARBIL, Iraq, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - Thousands of Iraqi Kurds rallied in two Kurdish cities on Thursday, holding aloft red, white and green flags of Kurdistan that are banned in Turkey and calling for international support.
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Kuwait urges Turkish restraint over Iraq
13h21 - KUWAIT CITY, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - Kuwait urged Turkey on Thursday to exercise utmost restraint after the Turkish parliament authorised a military incursion into northern Iraq.
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Iraqi Kurds call for direct talks with Turkey
12h36 - ARBIL, Iraq, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - Iraq's Kurdish administration called on Thursday for direct negotiations with Ankara as thousands of fearful Iraqi Kurds took to the streets to protest against the Turkish military threat.
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Turkey says diplomacy still on table in Iraq crisis
10h52 - CAIRO, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - Turkey wants to give diplomacy a chance in its escalating crisis with Iraq-based Kurdish rebels but insists on its right to fight "terrorism," Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said on Thursday.
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Turkey urged to use Iraq incursion powers with caution
10h13 - ANKARA, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - Turkey has strengthened its hand against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq by securing parliamentary approval for cross-border military action, but the government faced calls Thursday to avoid action that causes international reprobation.
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Fearful Iraqi Kurds protest Turkish threat
09h19 - ARBIL, Iraq, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - Wrapped in the red, white and green Kurdish flags that are banned in Turkey, several thousand Iraqi Kurds took to the streets of Arbil on Thursday to protest the threat of a Turkish incursion.
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Iraqi Kurds call for direct talks with Ankara
07h24 - ARBIL, Iraq, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - Iraq's regional Kurdish government called Thursday for direct talks with Ankara after the Turkish parliament authorised a military incursion into their territory to crack down on rebel fighters.
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Turkish threat lays open Baghdad-Kurd divide
01h42 - BAGHDAD, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - Mixed Iraqi reactions to the threat of an incursion by Turkey have revealed the conflicting agendas of the central government in Baghdad and the autonomous Kurdish administration in the north.
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Turkish parliament authorises incursion into Iraq
20h00 - ANKARA, Oct 17, 2007 (AFP) - The Turkish parliament Wednesday voted to allow military strikes against Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq, despite stiff US opposition and appeals from Baghdad for time to purge the rebels.
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