Thursday, 5 December, 2013 , 09:25 AFP — Jihadists in northern Syria have kidnapped more than 50 Kurds in the past three days, in the second such case of mass hostage-taking since July, a monitoring group said Thursday.

Tuesday, 3 December, 2013 , 15:10 AFP — Iraq is optimistic about resolving a long-running dispute over plans by the country's autonomous Kurdish region to export oil to international markets through Turkey, its oil minister said on Tuesday.

Tuesday, 3 December, 2013 , 12:00 AFP — Iraq is "optimistic" about resolving a long-running dispute so that the country's autonomous Kurdish region could export oil to international markets through Turkey, Iraq's oil minister said on Tuesday.

Monday, 2 December, 2013 , 15:21 AFP — Turkey's energy minister on Monday mooted three-party talks with Iraq's central government and the autonomous Kurdish region to resolve a long-running row over the export of oil to international markets.

Monday, 2 December, 2013 , 11:50 AFP — Syria's Democratic Union Party, the country's most powerful Kurdish group, hopes to create an autonomous Kurdish region in a federal Syria, its chief Salih Muslim told AFP in an interview.

Monday, 2 December, 2013 , 08:41 AFP — Two near-simultaneous bombings against security forces in the normally peaceful Kurdish region of northern Iraq left two senior officers wounded on Monday, an official said.

Saturday, 30 November, 2013 , 16:22 AFP — Baghdad has barred Turkish private planes from flying to Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, officials said Saturday, ahead of an energy conference that Ankara's energy minister was expected to attend.

Saturday, 30 November, 2013 , 15:36 AFP — Baghdad has barred Turkish private jets from flying to Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, officials said Saturday, ahead of an upcoming energy conference that Ankara's energy minister was expected to attend.

Thursday, 28 November, 2013 , 10:12 AFP — American energy giant Exxon Mobil on Thursday sold part of its controversial stake in a massive Iraqi oilfield to PetroChina and Indonesia's Pertamina amid a long-running row with Baghdad.

Thursday, 28 November, 2013 , 09:34 AFP — American energy giant Exxon Mobil will on Thursday hand over part of its controversial stake in a massive oilfield in south Iraq to Chinese firm PetroChina, a statement said.