Monday, 27 February, 2012 , 12:45 AFP — Iraqi Kurdistan said on Monday it has granted refugee status to 30 Kurdish Syrian troops who defected to the region in the first such instance in the revolt against Bashar al-Assad's regime.

Monday, 27 February, 2012 , 12:08 AFP — Thirty Kurdish Syrian soldiers defected into the autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan over the past two days and have been granted refugee status, a regional deputy minister told AFP on Monday.

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Saturday, 25 February, 2012 , 17:44 AFP — Turkish authorities have found the remains of at least nine people in a mass grave in mainly Kurdish southeastern Turkey, local sources said on Saturday.

Saturday, 25 February, 2012 , 16:50 AFP — One Turkish soldier was killed and another was injured in a mine explosion near the Syrian border, local sources said on Saturday, blaming Kurdish separatists, .

Friday, 17 February, 2012 , 16:16 AFP — Turkey's foreign minister condemned Friday a series of attacks on the offices of a pro-government Turkish newspaper in Germany and France by suspected Kurdish activists.

Friday, 17 February, 2012 , 11:34 AFP — The International Press Institute on Friday condemned a series of "unacceptable" attacks on Turkish newspapers in Germany and France by suspected Kurd activists.

Friday, 17 February, 2012 , 07:32 AFP — Turkey's parliament on Friday passed a controversial bill to shield intelligence agents from prosecution after several refused a prosecutor's summons over their contacts with Kurdish rebels.

Tuesday, 14 February, 2012 , 14:37 AFP — Two Turkish soldiers and 16 Kurdish rebels have been killed in clashes in the Kurdish-majority southeast, local authorities said Tuesday.

Monday, 13 February, 2012 , 18:02 AFP — Turkish security forces Monday killed five Kurdish rebels and discovered a massive explosives cache in a vehicle in the Kurdish-majority southeast, a local security source told AFP.