Tuesday, 24 December, 2013 , 12:05 AFP — Turkey on Tuesday honoured the once-defamed Kurdish singer Ahmet Kaya, who died in France in exile 13 years ago, granting him an award posthumously.

Friday, 20 December, 2013 , 22:16 AFP — Six pro-Kurdish lawmakers on Friday ended a hunger strike they began on Tuesday to denounce court rulings against the release of jailed MPs with suspected links to Kurdish rebels.

Friday, 20 December, 2013 , 16:21 AFP — UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi held fresh talks Friday to pave the way to a January peace conference between Syria's government and rebels, amid wrangling over who will be at the table.

Friday, 20 December, 2013 , 13:04 AFP — Syria's Kurds will send two delegations to upcoming peace talks, one with the opposition coalition and another with representatives of President Bashar al-Assad, opposition leader Ahmed Jarba said Friday.

Tuesday, 17 December, 2013 , 15:51 AFP — The two main Syrian Kurdish groups held talks in Iraq on Tuesday, aiming to establish a unified front ahead of a peace conference in Switzerland next month, an official said.

Tuesday, 17 December, 2013 , 13:15 AFP — Four pro-Kurdish lawmakers went on hunger strike in the Turkish parliament on Tuesday to denounce a court ruling against the release of jailed MPs with suspected links to Kurdish rebels.

Tuesday, 17 December, 2013 , 13:05 AFP — Syrian Kurdish groups were holding talks in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region on Tuesday aimed at patching up differences ahead of a peace conference planned for next month, an official said.

Tuesday, 17 December, 2013 , 09:53 AFP — Four pro-Kurdish lawmakers plan to go on hunger strike in the Turkish parliament from Tuesday to denounce a court ruling against the release of jailed MPs with suspected links to Kurdish rebels, their party said.

Sunday, 15 December, 2013 , 12:27 AFP — Kurdish rebels on Sunday warned of retaliation over the deaths of three Kurdish protesters shot by Turkish police, heightening tensions in the fragile peace process between Ankara and the outlawed PKK group.

Saturday, 14 December, 2013 , 17:57 AFP — A rebel commander has frozen to death in the bitter cold brought by a snowstorm that has swept Syria this week, a monitoring group said Saturday.