Thursday, 25 April, 2013 , 13:49 AFP — Kurdish rebels announced on Thursday they would on May 8 begin withdrawing from Turkey into their safe haven in northern Iraq amid a peace drive between Ankara and the rebel movement.

Thursday, 25 April, 2013 , 13:16 AFP — Kurdish rebels announced on Thursday they would on May 5 begin withdrawing from Turkey into their safe haven in northern Iraq amid a peace drive between Ankara and the rebel movement.

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Thursday, 25 April, 2013 , 07:58 AFP — Police used tear gas and water cannon to break up clashes between Kurdish and nationalist students at an Ankara university campus that left 15 people injured late on Wednesday, Turkish media have reported.

Tuesday, 23 April, 2013 , 16:56 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has named temporary replacements for the country's foreign and trade ministers, both of whom are Kurds, a senior government official said on Tuesday.

Monday, 22 April, 2013 , 01:53 AFP — Wriggling through crater-sized holes in deserted, bullet-pocked buildings, once-dormant Kurdish militia in Aleppo city are providing Syrian rebels a much-needed boost to push back regime forces.

Sunday, 21 April, 2013 , 03:40 AFP — Unveiled and barking orders at fierce-looking Kurdish men nearly twice her size, commander Engizek is a shocking sight within Syria's male-dominated rebel ranks.

Sunday, 14 April, 2013 , 02:01 AFP — Moves to clear the way for Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani to serve a third term have sparked criticism in a region that touts itself as a democratic haven in an unstable country.

Friday, 12 April, 2013 , 19:35 AFP — Rebels in Aleppo in northern Syria severely tortured a 54-year-old Kurdish man who died after being thrown out onto the streets of the city's embattled Sheikh Maqsud district, a watchdog said Friday.

Thursday, 11 April, 2013 , 20:48 AFP — Turkey's parliament on Thursday passed long-awaited legislation to bring its widely criticised anti-terror laws level with European standards, and which could see the release of thousands of prisoners suspected of having ties to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).