Friday, 7 October, 2011 , 20:14 AFP — A top Kurdish activist and 16 other people were killed in Syria Friday as thousands rallied in support of a new opposition front, activists said, and Washington accused Damascus of escalating attacks on dissidents.

Friday, 7 October, 2011 , 19:13 AFP — A top Kurdish activist and nine other people were killed Friday as thousands rallied in support of a new opposition front, activists said, as Washington accused Syria of escalating attacks on dissidents.

Friday, 7 October, 2011 , 16:51 AFP — Ten Syrians, including a prominent Kurdish rights activist, were killed on Friday as thousands of people rallied against President Bashar al-Assad's regime and in support of a newly formed opposition front, activists said.

Friday, 7 October, 2011 , 16:51 AFP — A prominent Kurdish opposition figure to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad was shot dead on Friday when gunmen stormed his home at Qamishli in north Syria, rights activists said.

Friday, 7 October, 2011 , 16:09 AFP — A prominent Kurdish opposition figure to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad was shot dead on Friday when gunmen stormed his home at Qamishli in north Syria, rights activists said.

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Wednesday, 5 October, 2011 , 19:11 AFP — One Kurdish rebel was killed Wednesday in clashes with Turkish soldiers in southeast Turkey, Anatolia news agency reported.

Wednesday, 5 October, 2011 , 18:35 AFP — Turkey's parliament on Wednesday extended the government's mandate to order military strikes against Kurdish rebels holed up in neighbouring Iraq.

Wednesday, 5 October, 2011 , 16:43 AFP — Turkey's parliament on Wednesday extended the government's mandate to order military strikes against Kurdish rebels holed up in neighbouring Iraq.

Wednesday, 5 October, 2011 , 16:24 AFP — Greek police were looking for possible links with extremists Wednesday after an explosion killed a suspected Turkish Kurd asylum-seeker in Thessaloniki, local officials said.