Wednesday, 14 March, 2012 , 15:20 AFP — Eight people with alleged links to Kurdish rebels have been arrested in a probe into an Istanbul bomb attack this month that wounded 16 people, mostly police officers, media reported on Wednesday.

Wednesday, 14 March, 2012 , 15:12 AFP — A Kurdish rebel group said on Wednesday that Turkey's air force carried out strikes on border areas of north Iraq where it maintains rear bases, but gave no details about casualties or damage.

Tuesday, 13 March, 2012 , 17:33 AFP — French oil giant Total is in talks to tap opportunities to invest in autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan, its chief said Tuesday as Baghdad insists contracts should go through the central government.

Tuesday, 13 March, 2012 , 16:55 AFP — French oil giant Total is in talks to tap opportunities to invest in autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan, its chief said Tuesday as Baghdad insists contracts should go through the central government.

Monday, 12 March, 2012 , 20:17 AFP — Syrian police opened fire Monday on tens of thousands of Kurds who flooded the northeastern city of Qamishli on the eighth anniversary of deadly clashes with security forces, a watchdog said.

Friday, 9 March, 2012 , 12:54 AFP — A Kurdish rebel group said on Friday that Turkey's air force carried out air strikes on border areas of north Iraq, but gave no details about casualties or damage.

Wednesday, 7 March, 2012 , 10:20 AFP — US energy giant ExxonMobil, under pressure from the Iraqi government for signing a deal with the northern Kurdish region, will make a "final decision" in days, a government spokesman said on Wednesday.

Thursday, 1 March, 2012 , 18:08 AFP — A high school student gunned down a "beloved" American teacher on Thursday in a murder-suicide sparked by an apparent religious dispute at a private Christian school in north Iraq.

Thursday, 1 March, 2012 , 11:28 AFP — An American teacher was shot dead on Thursday by one of his students in a murder-suicide at a private Christian school in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, officials said.

Tuesday, 28 February, 2012 , 10:46 AFP — Away from his family and living in a small flat, Omar Izzat Ibrahim is among rising numbers of Syrian Kurds who have fled a bloody crackdown to the safe haven of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region.