Thursday, 19 September, 2013 , 02:33 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish region goes to the polls on Saturday, grappling with a swathe of disputes with the central government while fellow Kurds fight bloody battles across the border in Syria.

Wednesday, 18 September, 2013 , 17:30 AFP — A senior leader of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region insisted on Wednesday that it had the right to export oil, efforts which the central government in Baghdad has decried as illegal.

Wednesday, 18 September, 2013 , 10:52 AFP — Kurdish fighters have forced jihadists to pull out of a village in northeastern Syria after clashes that left 21 dead on both sides, an NGO said Wednesday.

Monday, 16 September, 2013 , 14:23 AFP — Syria's Kurds reached an agreement with the main opposition coalition to include more members from the minority in the body, the Kurdish National Council and the opposition said Monday.

Thursday, 12 September, 2013 , 04:13 AFP — Near Iraq's northernmost point, close to Turkey and Iran, a national park of snow-capped peaks and forested valleys is drawing tourists and researchers keen to explore a hardly touched land.

Wednesday, 11 September, 2013 , 18:51 AFP — British energy giant BP has signed a deal with Baghdad on an oilfield at the heart of a dispute between the central government and Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq, officials said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 11 September, 2013 , 12:25 AFP — A woman was gunned down at a rally for Iraqi Kurdistan's main opposition party in the northern city of Sulaimaniyah, sources said Wednesday, 10 days ahead of regional parliamentary elections.

Wednesday, 11 September, 2013 , 11:55 AFP — Turkey's Interior Minister Muammer Guler said Wednesday that protesters were attempting to use the death of a young man during a demonstration to "spread chaos" as pockets of anti-government unrest flared once again in the country.

Wednesday, 11 September, 2013 , 01:19 AFP — Mired in a years-long war, a strongman uses chemical weapons against his own people -- the story is one the people of Halabja know all too well.

Monday, 9 September, 2013 , 18:06 AFP — Kurdish rebels have halted their pullout from Turkey, accusing Ankara of breaking its part of a ceasefire deal, but vowed to respect a truce, a pro-Kurdish news agency reported on Monday.