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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.