Friday, 9 November, 2012 , 11:21 AFP — Baghdad has told Russian energy giant Gazprom to either cancel its energy contracts in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region or abandon its work with the central government, a spokesman said on Friday.

Friday, 9 November, 2012 , 07:45 AFP — Thirteen Kurd rebels were killed in Turkish air strikes on a town in the Kurdish-dominated southeast of the country after a Turkish soldier was killed in fighting there, local security sources said Friday.

Thursday, 8 November, 2012 , 20:11 AFP — A defiant President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday rejected calls that he seek a safe exit, vowing he will "live in Syria and die in Syria" and warning that the world cannot afford the cost of foreign intervention.

Wednesday, 7 November, 2012 , 17:46 AFP — A near two-month hunger strike by hundreds of Kurdish prisoners in Turkey could end if Ankara allows jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan to receive visitors, a Kurdish lawmaker told AFP on Wednesday.

Wednesday, 7 November, 2012 , 14:27 AFP — Turkish commandos have staged a raid against Kurd rebel hideouts in Iraq, the NTV news channel reported Wednesday.

Wednesday, 7 November, 2012 , 13:35 AFP — Turkish commandos have staged a raid against Kurd rebel hideouts in Iraq, NTV news channel reported Wednesday.

Wednesday, 7 November, 2012 , 13:18 AFP — Turkish commandos have staged a raid against Kurd rebel hideouts across the border with Iraq, NTV news channel reported Wednesday.

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Wednesday, 7 November, 2012 , 12:36 AFP — An Iraqi Kurdish man was killed and two others wounded by Turkish air strikes targeting a rebel group that maintains rear bases in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, a doctor said on Wednesday.

Wednesday, 7 November, 2012 , 09:55 AFP — ExxonMobil has informed Baghdad it wants to sell its stake in a south Iraq oilfield, an official said Wednesday, indicating the US giant will focus on a controversial deal with Iraq's Kurdish region.