Saturday, 16 November, 2013 , 15:30 AFP — Turkey's prime minister welcomed the leader of Iraq's autonomous north to his country's own Kurdish-dominated territory for the first time Saturday, in a visit designed to kickstart a stalled peace process.

Saturday, 16 November, 2013 , 13:22 AFP — Turkey's prime minister welcomed the leader of Iraq's autonomous north to his country's own Kurdish-dominated territory for the first time Saturday, in a visit designed to kickstart a stalled peace process.

Friday, 15 November, 2013 , 12:20 AFP — Turkey on Friday warned that it would not accept this week's declaration of provisional self-rule by Kurds in neighbouring war-torn Syria.

Friday, 15 November, 2013 , 03:49 AFP — Turkey's prime minister will hold talks on Saturday with Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani aimed at restarting a stalled peace process, with decades-old divisions between Ankara and the Kurds far from over.

Thursday, 14 November, 2013 , 02:42 AFP — The announcement of a new transitional authority in Syrian Kurdistan marks a key point in the ethnic group's moves towards self-rule, but experts say disunity and war could still scupper their hopes.

Wednesday, 13 November, 2013 , 16:24 AFP — The main Syrian opposition alliance dubbed as "hostile" forces Wednesday Kurdish groups that control large swathes of the country's north after they proclaimed provisional self-rule.

Tuesday, 12 November, 2013 , 17:23 AFP — Syrian Kurds in the country's northeast announced the formation of a transitional autonomous administration on Tuesday after making key territorial gains against jihadists in recent weeks.

Tuesday, 12 November, 2013 , 16:47 AFP — Syrian Kurds in the northeast have formed a transitional autonomous government, they said in a statement Tuesday, after making key territorial gains against jihadists in recent weeks.

Tuesday, 12 November, 2013 , 16:37 AFP — Syrian Kurds in the northeast have formed a transitional autonomous government, they said in a statement Tuesday, after making key territorial gains against jihadists in recent weeks.

Tuesday, 12 November, 2013 , 15:41 AFP — The European Court on Human Rights Tuesday ruled that Turkey bombed two Kurdish villages in 1994, killing 33 people in an attack Ankara blamed on Kurdish separatists.