Monday, 26 November, 2012 , 16:31 AFP — Top federal and Kurdish security officials agreed in Baghdad on Monday to "activate" coordinating committees between their forces and work to calm the situation in northern Iraq, a statement said.

Monday, 26 November, 2012 , 12:37 AFP — The premier of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region said Monday that dialogue, not force, holds the key to ending a crisis with Baghdad that has seen military reinforcements sent to disputed areas.

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.