Tuesday, 30 October, 2012 , 08:30 AFP — Mohammed Hafar was killed at dawn, shot while reportedly trying to rescue his brother Faisal, mortally wounded, from the latest gunbattles between Sunni Arab rebels and Kurdish militia in Syria.

Monday, 29 October, 2012 , 19:04 AFP — A Kurdish man tortured by rebels in northern Syria has died of his wounds on Monday, a watchdog said, noting that some armed groups have taken up methods used by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

Monday, 29 October, 2012 , 08:53 AFP — Violence between security forces and Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey killed one police officer and eight rebels, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported Monday.

Monday, 29 October, 2012 , 02:41 AFP — The Turkish government is under increasing pressure over how to tackle a hunger strike by hundreds of Kurdish prisoners across the country as the protest nears its eighth week and their health deteriorates.

Saturday, 27 October, 2012 , 17:12 AFP — Syrian rebels clashed with Kurdish militia in the northern city of Aleppo, leaving 30 dead and around 200 captured, a watchdog said on Saturday, sparking fears of a new front in an already fractured country.

Saturday, 27 October, 2012 , 15:35 AFP — Syrian rebels clashed with Kurdish militia in the northern city of Aleppo, leaving 30 dead and around 200 captured, a watchdog said on Saturday, sparking fears of a new front in an already fractured country.

Saturday, 27 October, 2012 , 13:24 AFP — Syrian rebels clashed with Kurdish militia in the northern city of Aleppo, leaving 30 dead and some 200 captured, a watchdog said Saturday, sparking fears of a new front in an already fractured country.

Friday, 26 October, 2012 , 12:37 AFP — Leaders of Turkey's main legal Kurdish party said Friday they want to see jailed rebel separatist leader Abdullah Ocalan to ask him to intervene in a widespread hunger strike by Kurdish prisoners.

Thursday, 25 October, 2012 , 10:27 AFP — Syrian rebel forces took over a strategically important Kurdish neighbourhood in Aleppo and seized a military post in the country's northeast on Thursday, residents and a watchdog said.

Wednesday, 24 October, 2012 , 16:55 AFP — Turkey's justice minister urged hundreds of hunger-striking Kurdish prisoners Wednesday to end their protest, but did not comment on the strikers' demands.