Monday, 26 November, 2012 , 12:12 AFP — The premier of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region said Monday that dialogue and not the use of force holds the key to ending a crisis with the central government which has sent military reinforcements to disputed areas.

Sunday, 25 November, 2012 , 09:24 AFP — Residents and militias in Derik have removed almost all the ubiquitous presidential portraits from official buildings since the regime made its exit from the Kurdish town in northeast Syria.

Saturday, 24 November, 2012 , 19:00 AFP — Iraq's parliament speaker said Saturday that "significant progress" has been made on resolving an Arab-Kurd crisis, although a deployment of Kurdish forces in the country's north has raised the stakes.

Saturday, 24 November, 2012 , 17:06 AFP — Iraq's parliament speaker said Saturday "significant progress" has been made on resolving an Arab-Kurd crisis, but a deployment of Kurdish forces threatened to inflame the situation.

Saturday, 24 November, 2012 , 14:18 AFP — Syrian rebels attacked army positions in the northern province of Aleppo on Saturday while Islamist fighters clashed with Kurdish militias on the border with Turkey, residents said.

Saturday, 24 November, 2012 , 13:23 AFP — Iraqi parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi said on Saturday that "significant progress" has been made on resolving an Arab-Kurd crisis and a meeting on the issue will be held in Baghdad next week.

Saturday, 24 November, 2012 , 13:18 AFP — An autopsy of the exhumed remains of Turkish president Turgut Ozal, who died in office in 1993, revealed the presence of four poisons, the pro-government daily Today's Zaman reported Saturday.

Friday, 23 November, 2012 , 13:01 AFP — Two main Kurdish groups have agreed to join forces in a standoff with hundreds of Islamist rebels in northeastern Syria, a Syrian Kurdish representative and an activist said on Friday.

Friday, 23 November, 2012 , 11:27 AFP — Kurdish fighters have agreed to join forces in a standoff with hundreds of Islamist rebels in northeastern Syria, an activist opposed to President President Bashar al-Assad said on Friday.

Thursday, 22 November, 2012 , 20:51 AFP — Syria's Arab-led rebels seized new territory in the eastern Euphrates valley from government forces on Thursday but ran into resistance from Kurdish militia on the Turkish border in a potential new security concern for the key NATO member.