Monday, 3 September, 2012 , 04:46 AFP —

Saturday, 1 September, 2012 , 13:22 AFP — Iraqi Kurdistan will export oil via federal pipelines until September 15, an official said on Saturday, extending a one-month confidence-building measure amid a row with the central government in Baghdad.

Wednesday, 29 August, 2012 , 10:33 AFP — Mullah Krekar, the founder of a radical Iraqi Kurdish Islamist group, has been sentenced to a year in jail in Norway for issuing threats against Norwegians, an Oslo court announced on Wednesday.

Tuesday, 28 August, 2012 , 10:48 AFP — Oil flow in the Turkish-Iraqi pipeline resumed Tuesday following the blast that damaged one of the two lines, Turkey's energy minister said Tuesday.

Monday, 27 August, 2012 , 12:52 AFP — An explosion hit the Turkish-Iraqi pipeline, causing a fire and stopping oil flow to Turkey, Turkish security sources and an Iraqi official said Monday.

Monday, 27 August, 2012 , 11:12 AFP — An explosion hit the Turkish-Iraqi pipeline overnight Sunday, causing a fire and stopping oil flow to Turkey, local security sources told AFP on Monday.

Saturday, 25 August, 2012 , 08:23 AFP — Turkish warplanes bombed areas of northern Iraq early Saturday in a bid to target rear bases of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) , a spokesman for the rebel group said.

Friday, 24 August, 2012 , 17:31 AFP — Turkish police have arrested 13 people in connection with a car bombing blamed on separatist Kurds in the south-eastern city of Gaziantep, a local governor said Friday.

Friday, 24 August, 2012 , 09:35 AFP — On the main road to the northern Syrian town of Afrin, armed men stand beneath green, red and yellow Kurdish flags, welcoming truckloads of their displaced Arab neighbours.

Friday, 24 August, 2012 , 02:18 AFP — A recent increase in Kurdish rebel attacks close to the Turkish-Syrian border is ringing alarm bells in Ankara, as Turkish experts and media say it might point to a spillover from the crisis in Syria.