Sunday, 10 June, 2012 , 06:01 AFP — The opposition Syrian National Council said on Sunday that it had elected Kurdish activist Abdel Basset Sayda as its new leader at a meeting in Istanbul.

Sunday, 10 June, 2012 , 05:30 AFP —

Thursday, 7 June, 2012 , 15:11 AFP — The opposition Syrian National Council meets in Istanbul to choose a new leader this weekend with insiders saying Kurdish activist Abdel Basset Sayda has emerged as a consensus candidate.

Tuesday, 5 June, 2012 , 13:59 AFP — Election authorities in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Tuesday indefinitely postponed provincial polls scheduled for September because of laws that restrict minority voting rights.

Monday, 4 June, 2012 , 10:51 AFP — A British tourist who was kidnapped by Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey at the weekend was freed on Monday, officials in London and Turkey said.

Monday, 4 June, 2012 , 10:00 AFP — A British tourist who was kidnapped by Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey at the weekend was freed on Monday, a local official told AFP.

Monday, 4 June, 2012 , 07:28 AFP — A British tourist who was kidnapped by Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey at the weekend was freed on Monday, a local official told AFP.

Monday, 4 June, 2012 , 06:40 AFP — A British tourist who was kidnapped by Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey at the weekend was freed on Monday, a local official told AFP.

Monday, 4 June, 2012 , 06:30 AFP —

Sunday, 3 June, 2012 , 16:08 AFP — Kurdish rebels have stopped a passenger bus and kidnapped a British national in southeastern Turkey, local officials said on Sunday.