December 11, 2007 | By Paul Schemm, Associated Press Writer

LALESH, Iraq --Iraq's embattled Yazidi minority, the target of the worst single terrorist attack since the U.S.-led invasion, now is looking to the Kurdish regional government for protection.

12 December 2007 | Ilnur Cevik

Whatever it is called any new legislative measures to encourage youths to abandon the PKK and come down from the mountains should be supplemented by measures that eliminate the reasons why these people sought to join a terrorist group.

Monday, December 10, 2007 | James Palmer, Chronicle Foreign Service

Sulaymaniya, Iraq - The Kurdish region of northern Iraq has withstood the destruction of its villages and deadly gas attacks at the hands of Saddam Hussein. Now, as the semiautonomous Kurdish government strives to increase its independence, the region is coping with another adversary - cholera.

Friday, December 7, 2007

During yesterday's parliamentary session a debate was sparked during budget deliberations for 2008, with culture proving to be a significant bone of contention.

Wednesday, December 5, 2007  | By Gareth Jenkins

Evidence presented to the court during the trial of five youths accused of killing three Christians in the southeastern town of Malatya earlier this year have raised questions about the involvement of state officials in the murder.

Friday, December 7, 2007 | Cengiz ÇANDAR

  One of the critical outcomes of the July 22 general elections was that the Turkish National Assembly produced a result in line with the “justice in representation” principle and contributed to fortification of a democratic parliamentary system. One of the most striking indicators of the “representation capability” the assembly exhibited was the existence of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) in Parliament.

Monday, 10 December, 2007

ANKARA: Turkey is considering amnesty for Kurdish rebels whose separatist drive has claimed more than 37,000 lives since 1984, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying yesterday.

December, 8, 2007 by Ivan Watson

All Things Considered,  Lana was a teenager when her family made a clandestine journey from Kurdistan to Israel.

Sunday, December 9, 2007 | Reviewed by Quil Lawrence

How a rebel group has tried to capture a people's aspirations.

Dec. 4, 2007 | Ben Lando, UPI Energy Editor

WASHINGTON,  The U.S. energy secretary "encouraged" the visiting Iraqi Kurdish region's oil minister to work with Shiite and Sunni Iraqis on a national oil law.