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.

Monday, 8 October, 2012 , 08:36 AFP — Press freedoms groups and relatives of an Iraqi Kurdish journalist jailed for two years for allegedly harming national security insisted on Monday he was being targeted for writing critical reports.

Monday, 8 October, 2012 , 08:28 AFP — Turkish jets bombed Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq overnight, military sources told AFP, but it was not immediately clear if there were any casualties.

Monday, 8 October, 2012 , 08:02 AFP — Turkish jets bombed Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq overnight, military sources told AFP.

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Sunday, 7 October, 2012 , 20:47 AFP — French police detained a suspected European leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) and three other members this weekend, judicial sources said.

Thursday, 4 October, 2012 , 02:40 AFP — Kurdish rebels have launched a new shock strategy for territorial "dominance" in the southeast of Turkey, one that analysts say is designed to press the Turkish government into negotiations for autonomy rather than grab a military victory.

Tuesday, 2 October, 2012 , 15:27 AFP — Two people have died of cholera in Iraqi Kurdistan's Sulaimaniyah province in the second outbreak in five years, the autonomous region's health minister said on Tuesday.