Monday, 13 August, 2012 , 10:30 AFP — Turkish security forces on Monday launched an operation seeking to free an ethnic Kurdish lawmaker kidnapped by Kurdish rebels in the east of the country.

Monday, 13 August, 2012 , 08:17 AFP — Turkish security forces on Monday launched an operation seeking to free an ethnic Kurdish lawmaker kidnapped by Kurdish rebels in the east of the country.

Sunday, 12 August, 2012 , 19:56 AFP — Iraq on Sunday gave French energy giant Total an ultimatum to either end its dealings with the autonomous Kurdistan region in the north or to sell its stake in a giant southern oilfield.

Sunday, 12 August, 2012 , 19:44 AFP — Kurdish rebels abducted late Sunday an ethnic Kurdish lawmaker from the Republican People's Party (CHP) in the south-eastern city of Tunceli, security sources and local officials said.

Sunday, 12 August, 2012 , 19:30 AFP — French energy giant Total must end its dealings with the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq or sell its stake in a major southern oilfield, Iraq's top energy official told AFP on Sunday.

Sunday, 12 August, 2012 , 19:12 AFP — French energy giant Total must end its dealings with the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq or sell its stake in a major southern oilfield, Iraq's top energy official told AFP on Sunday.

Sunday, 12 August, 2012 , 19:06 AFP — French energy giant Total must end its dealings with the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq or sell its stake in a major southern oilfield, Iraq's top energy official told AFP on Sunday.

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Saturday, 11 August, 2012 , 12:56 AFP — Turkey has been dealing with Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region as though it were an independent state, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said in a statement released on Saturday.

Saturday, 11 August, 2012 , 12:08 AFP — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Saturday that Syria must not become a haven for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels battling Turkey.