Thursday, 26 July, 2012 , 09:21 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Syria of letting Turkey's Kurdish rebels operate inside the north of the country and warned that Ankara would not hesitate to strike against them.
Thursday, 26 July, 2012 , 09:20 AFP — Holed up in a Turkish safe-house, a Kurdish commander of a Syrian rebel unit makes a novel pitch for more weapons to help his men fight the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
Thursday, 26 July, 2012 , 09:01 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Syria of letting Turkey's Kurdish rebels operate inside the north of the country and warned that Ankara would not hesitate to strike against them.
Thursday, 26 July, 2012 , 02:41 AFP — Holed up in a Turkish safe-house, a Kurdish commander of a Syrian rebel unit makes a novel pitch for more weapons to help his men fight the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
Wednesday, 25 July, 2012 , 15:31 AFP — Turkey's top brass held talks Wednesday about the activities of Kurdish rebels in Syria, after press reports that they were in control of several northern areas of the conflict-torn nation.
Tuesday, 24 July, 2012 , 11:09 AFP — Iraq on Tuesday barred US energy giant Chevron from working in non-Kurdish parts of the country after it bought two exploration blocks in the autonomous Kurdish region against Baghdad's wishes.
Thursday, 19 July, 2012 , 17:42 AFP — US energy giant Chevron said Thursday it had bought two exploration blocks in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, despite Baghdad's protests that such deals are illegal.
Thursday, 19 July, 2012 , 15:49 AFP — Iraq's premier pledged on Thursday to take the "necessary steps" if American energy giant ExxonMobil implemented a controversial oil exploration deal with the autonomous northern Kurdish region.
Tuesday, 17 July, 2012 , 16:30 AFP — The spokesman for Iraq's Kurdish regional president sharply criticised national premier Nuri al-Maliki on Tuesday for allegedly militarising Iraqi society and using violence for political ends.
Monday, 16 July, 2012 , 13:02 AFP — Fifty people, almost all lawyers, went on trial in Turkey on Monday for alleged links with outlawed Kurdish rebels as part of a wider crackdown on the group.