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Kurds seize three towns in Syria's northeast: watchdog


Saturday, 10 November, 2012 , 16:11 AFP — Kurdish residents have taken control of three towns in northeastern Syria near the border with Turkey after convincing pro-government forces to leave, a watchdog said on Saturday.

Pro-Kurdish lawmakers join prisoners hunger strike


Saturday, 10 November, 2012 , 15:55 AFP — Five more lawmakers from Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party have joined a hunger strike by hundreds of Kurdish prisoners, a party official said on Saturday

Turkish military helicopter crashes, 17 dead: governor


Saturday, 10 November, 2012 , 10:43 AFP — A Turkish military helicopter crashed Saturday in bad weather in the southeastern city of Siirt, killing all 17 troops on board, local officials said.

Kurds seize two towns in Syria's northeast: watchdog


Saturday, 10 November, 2012 , 09:55 AFP — Kurdish residents backed by militia have taken control of two towns in northeastern Syria near the border with Turkey after convincing pro-government forces to leave, a watchdog said on Saturday.

42 Kurd rebels killed in Turkey unrest: sources


Friday, 9 November, 2012 , 23:10 AFP — Forty-two Kurd rebels and a Turkish soldier have been killed over three days of combat in a town in Turkey's Kurdish-dominated southeast, local security sources said Friday.

Iraq gives Gazprom energy ultimatum: spokesman


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.

13 Kurd rebels, soldier killed in Turkey unrest: sources


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.

Assad rejects exile, vows to 'live and die' in Syria


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.

Kurd inmates 'will end hunger strike if Ocalan allowed visitors'


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.

Turkish commandos hit Kurd rebel bases in Iraq: TV


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.