Friday, 7 June, 2013 , 17:52 AFP — A Swiss court on Friday slapped down a decision by the country's migration office to deny a Kurdish activist asylum, ruling there was still a real threat of torture and mistreatment in Turkey.

Wednesday, 5 June, 2013 , 20:38 AFP — Iraq's interior ministry on Wednesday issued a strongly-worded call for forces loyal to the northern Kurdish region to withdraw from several disputed areas, threatening a fragile peace after a spate of violence in April.

Monday, 3 June, 2013 , 16:02 AFP — Kurdish rebels shot at a Turkish army base on the country's border with Iraq Monday, prompting soldiers to return fire, the military said, in the first reported hostilities since a March ceasefire.

Monday, 3 June, 2013 , 14:48 AFP — Kurdish rebels shot at a Turkish army base on the country's border with Iraq on Monday, prompting an army helicopter to return fire, the Turkish military said.

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Sunday, 26 May, 2013 , 16:56 AFP — Kurdish militants battled rebels in northern Syria on Sunday near the border with Turkey a day after deadly clashes killed 11 insurgents, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.

Sunday, 26 May, 2013 , 16:10 AFP — Syrian Kurds, long oppressed under President Bashar al-Assad's regime, said Sunday they want to take part in a mooted Geneva peace conference.

Sunday, 26 May, 2013 , 14:58 AFP — Two rockets hit Hezbollah's heartland in Beirut on Sunday as the Lebanese Shiite group battled alongside Syrian regime forces and Damascus said it agreed "in principle" to attend a Geneva peace conference.

Sunday, 26 May, 2013 , 11:54 AFP — Eleven rebels have been killed in clashes in northern Syria with Kurdish rebels of the main Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday.

Wednesday, 15 May, 2013 , 11:00 AFP — A Turkish company will carry out joint oil exploration in northern Iraq with US oil giant ExxonMobil, the prime minister said, cited by the local media on Wednesday.