Sunday, 22 May, 2011 , 14:54 AFP — More than a dozen bomb attacks in and around Baghdad on Sunday left at least 19 people dead, including 12 people killed in a suicide attack, and more than 80 wounded.

Sunday, 22 May, 2011 , 14:24 AFP — A senior Kurdish official on Sunday backed keeping US troops in Iraq beyond a year-end withdrawal deadline, voicing rare support for an extension just months before American forces must pull out.

Friday, 20 May, 2011 , 03:46 AFP — Mounting Kurdish defiance against Ankara has marred the run-up to Turkey's June 12 polls as a rare peace initiative lies in tatters, threatening to re-ignite the country's 26-year conflict.

Thursday, 19 May, 2011 , 03:57 AFP — At the age of 15, Adem knows how to make a petrol bomb and can quickly turn a scarf into a balaclava -- that's the equipment he needs for his own warfare in Turkey's 26-year Kurdish conflict.

Wednesday, 18 May, 2011 , 12:53 AFP — Iraqi Kurdistan's biggest political party has sued one of the region's magazines, calling for it to be closed after it alleged the bloc was plotting to kill rival leaders, officials said Wednesday.

Monday, 16 May, 2011 , 15:18 AFP — Several thousand Kurdish protesters held violent demonstrations Monday after the Turkish army killed 12 Kurdish rebels at the border with Iraq.

Monday, 16 May, 2011 , 15:08 AFP — A senior US military official held talks with Turkish counterparts Monday to discuss regional security and cooperation against separatist Kurdish rebels fighting Ankara, officials said.

Saturday, 14 May, 2011 , 13:58 AFP — Turkish troops killed 12 Kurdish rebels in fighting in the southeast of the country and lost one of their own soldiers to a mine explosion, security sources said Saturday.

Saturday, 14 May, 2011 , 01:24 AFP — She has been through torture, imprisonment and political banishment but iconic Kurdish activist Leyla Zana is fighting on, poised to return to Turkey's parliament after two decades.

Thursday, 12 May, 2011 , 07:11 AFP — Kurdish rebels killed two police officers in an attack on a police station in southeast Turkey, local security officials and medics said Thursday.