Tuesday, 20 December, 2011 , 18:42 AFP — European security body OSCE on Tuesday denounced the arrests of several journalists in Turkey, including an AFP photographer, over suspected links with Kurdish rebels.

Tuesday, 20 December, 2011 , 13:48 AFP — Turkish police arrested an AFP photographer and several other journalists on Tuesday in an operation against people with suspected links with Kurdish rebels, the photographer's lawyer said.

Tuesday, 20 December, 2011 , 11:41 AFP — Iraq's Sunni Arab Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi said on Tuesday he was "ready to face trial" on terror charges on condition that the case be heard in the autonomous Kurdish region.

Saturday, 17 December, 2011 , 05:22 AFP — US Vice President Joseph Biden spoke on the phone Friday with Kurdistan Regional Government President Masoud Barzani and Iraqi Council of Representatives Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi to mark the historic end of the US war in Iraq, the White House announced.

Friday, 16 December, 2011 , 16:39 AFP — The United States will maintain its support of Turkey in the fight against Kurdish rebels, visiting US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday.

Thursday, 15 December, 2011 , 13:28 AFP — Turkish troops killed eight Kurdish rebels in southeast Turkey on Thursday, a local official said.

Thursday, 15 December, 2011 , 09:40 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told AFP on Thursday that oil giant ExxonMobil has promised to reconsider an exploration deal with Iraqi Kurdistan that Baghdad has strongly opposed.

Friday, 9 December, 2011 , 17:36 AFP — Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region must decide whether it wishes to remain part of the country or form its own independent state, Baghdad's oil minister said in an interview published Friday.

Thursday, 8 December, 2011 , 13:12 AFP — The Turkish military denied on Thursday it was using chemical weapons in its fight against the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and said it did not even possess such arms.

Saturday, 3 December, 2011 , 09:33 AFP — Turkish troops killed three Kurdish rebels in southeast Turkey overnight, local security sources said on Saturday.