Sunday, 12 January, 2014 , 09:40 AFP — A bombing targeting a general in northern Iraq Sunday damaged his vehicle but left him unharmed, an official said, the latest of several attacks in the normally peaceful Kurdish region in recent months.

Saturday, 11 January, 2014 , 22:05 AFP — Jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan warned in a statement on Saturday that the peace process initiated with the Turkish state cannot remain in limbo forever, and urged the government to act.

Friday, 10 January, 2014 , 09:59 AFP — Iraq's oil ministry sharply criticised the autonomous Kurdish region on Friday for its move to sell oil independently, saying it was a violation of the constitution and amounts to smuggling.

Thursday, 9 January, 2014 , 17:06 AFP — Turkish police fired tear gas and plastic bullets on Thursday at hundreds of demonstrators demanding justice for three female Kurdish rebels killed in Paris a year ago.

Thursday, 9 January, 2014 , 14:26 AFP — Turkish police on Thursday fired tear gas and plastic bullets at hundreds of demonstrators marching to the French consulate demanding justice for three female Kurdish rebels killed a year ago in Paris.

Thursday, 9 January, 2014 , 12:34 AFP — Dozens of Syrian Kurds demonstrated outside the Iraqi Kurdish parliament on Thursday calling for six men held after the sexual assault of a teenage Syrian refugee to be executed.

Tuesday, 7 January, 2014 , 13:29 AFP — Turkish military prosecutors on Tuesday cleared five army officers accused of perpetrating a botched air strike on Kurds in 2012 that killed dozens of people including children.

Saturday, 4 January, 2014 , 14:10 AFP — Three Kurdish lawmakers suspected of ties to PKK rebel separatists were to be released from prison on Saturday, a day after two other Kurd parliamentarians were freed, a judicial source said.

Friday, 3 January, 2014 , 14:00 AFP — A Turkish court on Friday released two Kurdish lawmakers from prison after the country's top court ruled that their long pre-trial detention violated their rights, media reported.

Thursday, 2 January, 2014 , 11:34 AFP — Oil exports from Iraqi Kurdistan to the southern Turkish port of Ceyhan have started, the energy minister said on Thursday.