Thursday, 8 September, 2011 , 17:12 AFP — Special forces in northern Iraq's Kurdistan region detained and beat a magazine editor, media rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Thursday in a statement condemning the attack.
Thursday, 8 September, 2011 , 09:57 AFP — Kurdish rebels abducted two militiamen and two civilians as they were leaving a wedding party in southeastern Turkey, local security sources said Thursday.
Wednesday, 7 September, 2011 , 13:07 AFP — Iranian shelling has killed the deputy military leader of The Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK), a north Iraq-based Kurdish separatist group, it said in an online statement.
Wednesday, 7 September, 2011 , 10:13 AFP — Iranian forces have killed the deputy commander of PJAK, the anti-Tehran Kurdish rebel group based in Iraq, the Islamic republic's elite Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday.
Wednesday, 7 September, 2011 , 09:17 AFP — Iranian forces have killed the deputy commander of Iraq-based Kurdish rebel group PJAK, the Islamic republic's elite Revolutionary Guards said in a statement on Wednesday.
Wednesday, 7 September, 2011 , 08:51 AFP — Iranian forces have killed the deputy commander of Iraq-based Kurdish rebel group PJAK, the Islamic republic's elite Revolutionary Guards said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Wednesday, 7 September, 2011 , 03:05 AFP — Iraq's Kurds are caught between ethnic ties to Kurdish rebels based in the autonomous Kurdistan region, and heavy pressure by Iran and Turkey, which aim to eradicate the rebels' bases.
Tuesday, 6 September, 2011 , 20:14 AFP — The president of north Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region called on Tuesday for US forces to stay beyond a 2011 deadline to avoid a civil war, accusing political leaders of hypocrisy on the issue.
Tuesday, 6 September, 2011 , 12:14 AFP — The president of north Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region called on Tuesday for US forces to stay in Iraq past 2011 to avoid a civil war, accusing Iraqi leaders of hypocrisy on the divisive issue.