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).

Thursday, 11 April, 2013 , 02:39 AFP — In recent weeks, residents of Afrin have seen their quiet Syrian town transformed, with the arrival of thousands of people displaced by fighting in previously calm Kurdish parts of the city of Aleppo.

Wednesday, 10 April, 2013 , 15:56 AFP — Clashes between sympathisers of the Kurdish rebel movement and Islamists that broke out at a university in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast this week left four people injured on Wednesday, security officials said.

Wednesday, 10 April, 2013 , 12:54 AFP — Ireland is ready to share its experience with Turkey on ending decades of violence, a negotiator for the Good Friday Northern Ireland accords said Wednesday.

Monday, 8 April, 2013 , 01:34 AFP — In the majority-Kurdish Sheikh Makqsud district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, Arab rebels and Kurd fighters say they are fighting together against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

Sunday, 7 April, 2013 , 12:44 AFP — US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday hailed the commitment of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to a ceasefire under a renewed push by the Turkish government to end three decades of hostilities.

Saturday, 6 April, 2013 , 16:51 AFP — Nine children were among at least 15 people killed in an air strike on a mainly Kurdish district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Saturday, a watchdog said.

Saturday, 6 April, 2013 , 11:12 AFP — Syrian warplanes Saturday raided a flashpoint majority Kurdish district in the northern city of Aleppo, a watchdog said, while air strikes were also reported on the outskirts of Damascus.

Thursday, 4 April, 2013 , 10:07 AFP — Jailed Kurdish rebel chief Abdullah Ocalan voiced hope for peace in Turkey after a three-decade Kurdish insurgency, in a message to thousands of supporters to mark his birthday on Thursday.