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.

Wednesday, 24 October, 2012 , 13:43 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.

Saturday, 20 October, 2012 , 13:55 AFP — Six members of Turkish security forces and three Kurdish rebels were killed in renewed clashes in Turkey's southeast, security officials and local authorities said Saturday.

Friday, 19 October, 2012 , 13:06 AFP — Twenty-eight Turkish soldiers were wounded and Iranian gas supplies to Turkey interrupted Friday after Kurdish rebels attacked a pipeline linking the two countries, media reports said.

Friday, 19 October, 2012 , 09:12 AFP — Twenty-eight Turkish soldiers were wounded and Iranian gas supplies to Turkey interrupted Friday after Kurdish rebels attacked a pipeline linking the two countries, media reports said.

Wednesday, 17 October, 2012 , 09:28 AFP — Three Turkish soldiers and three Kurdish rebels were killed overnight after the militants ambushed a military post and a base in southeastern Turkey, the Anatolia news agency reported Wednesday.

Wednesday, 17 October, 2012 , 09:16 AFP — Turkey's Kurdish rebels will retaliate to any Turkish attacks on Kurds in war-torn Syria, the second in command of the outlawed PKK said in an interview published Wednesday.

Sunday, 14 October, 2012 , 12:53 AFP — Authorities in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region said on Sunday that a fresh outbreak of cholera that left four people dead, the second in five years, has been brought under control.

Thursday, 11 October, 2012 , 18:26 AFP — Turkey's parliament on Thursday extended the government's mandate to order military strikes against Kurdish rebels holed up in neighbouring Iraq for another year, reported the Anatolia news agency.