Tuesday, 4 March, 2014 , 15:11 AFP — Turkey's foreign minister, whose government has long been at odds with Kurdish nationalists at home and abroad, drew cheers Tuesday when he opened a speech in Iraq using the Kurdish language.

Monday, 17 February, 2014 , 18:37 AFP — The Syrian army recaptured on Monday an Alawite village in central Hama province where rebels "massacred" civilians earlier this month, state news agency SANA said.

Saturday, 15 February, 2014 , 14:57 AFP — Turkish anti-riot police on Saturday fired tear gas and water cannon at Kurdish protesters calling for the release of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan as the demonstration turned violent.

Friday, 14 February, 2014 , 12:40 AFP — Greece has placed in pre-trial detention four Turkish Kurds charged with belonging to a far-left extremist organisation in Turkey, a judicial official said on Friday.

Monday, 10 February, 2014 , 18:03 AFP — Police in Greece on Monday arrested four Turkish men of Kurdish origin after finding arms and explosives in their Athens flat, a police source said.

Saturday, 1 February, 2014 , 12:38 AFP — Iraq's top minister responsible for energy affairs on Saturday criticised the autonomous Kurdish region's push towards exporting oil independently of Baghdad, calling it a grey area lacking in transparency.

Saturday, 1 February, 2014 , 12:18 AFP — Iraq's top minister responsible for energy affairs on Saturday criticised the autonomous Kurdish region's push towards exporting oil independently of Baghdad, calling it a grey area lacking in transparency.

Monday, 27 January, 2014 , 04:21 AFP — A spokesman for Turkey's Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) was killed and seven others were wounded in an attack on one of the far-right movement's campaign offices in Istanbul, media reports said Monday.

Sunday, 26 January, 2014 , 19:15 AFP — Syrian rebels and government troops clashed Sunday in restive districts of Damascus, a monitoring group said, as representatives of the warring sides met for peace talks in Geneva.

Thursday, 23 January, 2014 , 16:12 AFP — Syrian Kurds protested Thursday their exclusion from UN-brokered peace talks in Switzerland, and vowed to forge ahead with their own freedom drive in territories they control.