Sunday, 15 July, 2012 , 13:59 AFP — Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called Sunday for the US to speed up the transfer of weapons to Iraq, which lacks the ability to defend its airspace or borders, six months after American troops withdrew.

Sunday, 15 July, 2012 , 13:10 AFP — Turkey must stop accepting "illegal" transfers of crude oil from the autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq or risk damaging bilateral ties, government spokesman Ali Dabbagh warned on Sunday.

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Saturday, 14 July, 2012 , 15:04 AFP — Stone-throwing Kurds who defied a protest ban to demand the release of jailed rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan clashed Saturday with Turkish police, leaving at least 20 people wounded.

Friday, 13 July, 2012 , 15:28 AFP — An Istanbul court Friday freed 16 suspects who are accused of ties with outlawed Kurdish rebels and had been in preventive custody for months, the state-run Anatolia agency said.

Wednesday, 11 July, 2012 , 20:10 AFP — Syria's two main Kurdish opposition blocs said on Wednesday they would unite under one banner against embattled President Bashar al-Assad, following talks in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region.

Wednesday, 11 July, 2012 , 15:16 AFP — The Iraqi founder of an Iraqi Kurdish Islamist group Ansar al-Islam is being prosecuted in Norway for inciting terrorist acts, the public prosecutor's office said on Wednesday.

Tuesday, 10 July, 2012 , 13:57 AFP — The leader of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region was accused of nepotism and sharply criticised Tuesday for naming his son head of the region's new national security council.

Sunday, 8 July, 2012 , 12:40 AFP — Iraqi Kurdistan has begun sending oil produced in its three-province autonomous region out of the country without the express permission of the central government, an official said on Sunday.

Monday, 2 July, 2012 , 15:57 AFP — Turkish warplanes have struck several locations in northern Iraq believed to be Kurdish rebel hideouts, the army said Monday.