Saturday, 28 February, 2015 , 17:01 AFP — Yasar Kemal, one of Turkey's most prominent writers and a nominee for the Nobel Literature award, has died aged 92, state media said Saturday.

Saturday, 28 February, 2015 , 15:13 AFP — The jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Saturday urged the separatists to take a "historic" decision to lay down arms, a key step in efforts to end Turkey's long-running Kurdish insurgency.

Saturday, 28 February, 2015 , 11:59 AFP — The jailed leader of the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) on Saturday made a "historic" call to the separatists to hold a disarmament conference, a key step in efforts to end Turkey's 30-year Kurdish insurgency.

Friday, 27 February, 2015 , 19:38 AFP — Kurdish fighters seized a strategic Islamic State stronghold in Syria Friday in a move that could impede jihadist movements near the border with Iraq, where they also control large swathes of territory.

Friday, 27 February, 2015 , 18:24 AFP — Kurdish fighters gained an important victory against the Islamic State group Friday by seizing a key stronghold in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Friday, 27 February, 2015 , 13:48 AFP — Kurdish fighters seized the eastern and southern outskirts Friday of a key Islamic State group stronghold in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said.

Thursday, 26 February, 2015 , 19:45 AFP — Kurdish forces have prevented displaced Arabs from returning to disputed areas of Iraq that Kurdish leaders want to incorporate in their autonomous region over Baghdad's objections, a report said Thursday.

Thursday, 26 February, 2015 , 10:17 AFP — Kurdish forces have prevented displaced Arabs from returning to disputed areas of Iraq that Kurdish leaders want to incorporate in their autonomous region over Baghdad's objections, a report said Thursday.

Wednesday, 25 February, 2015 , 18:34 AFP — An Australian who travelled to Syria to join Kurds battling jihadists has been killed, a monitor said Wednesday, adding he was the first Westerner to die fighting alongside the Kurds.

Wednesday, 25 February, 2015 , 17:26 AFP — An Australian who travelled to Syria to join Kurds battling jihadists has been killed, a monitor said Wednesday, adding he was the first Westerner to die fighting alongside the Kurds.