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.

Monday, 11 November, 2013 , 02:19 AFP — As the latest jihadist-Kurdish military showdown eases in northeast Syria, Baghdad is keeping a close watch on a battle which threatens even greater instability in Iraq.