Tuesday, 29 March, 2011 , 10:12 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose country has expressed fears about the Shiite-Sunni unrest in Bahrain, was due Tuesday in the Shiite shrine city of Najaf for talks with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.

Sunday, 27 March, 2011 , 14:48 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to visit Iraq and attempt to broker talks between ethnic Turkmen and Kurds over their rival claims to the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, a Turkmen politician said on Sunday.

Saturday, 26 March, 2011 , 12:16 AFP — Syria has freed 260 political detainees, including Islamists and Kurds, who were being held at the country's infamous Saydnaya prison, rights groups reported Saturday.

Friday, 25 March, 2011 , 15:52 AFP — Two Kurdish journalists critical of Iraqi Kurdistan's government escaped murder attempts in the autonomous region and must be protected by authorities, Reporters Without Borders said Friday.

Friday, 25 March, 2011 , 12:53 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a two-day visit to Iraq from Monday to discuss bilateral ties, Turkish diplomats said Friday.

Thursday, 24 March, 2011 , 14:19 AFP — Authorities in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan area are building 11 dams and plan dozens more, the region's agriculture minister said Thursday, a move that could raise tensions over water.

Thursday, 24 March, 2011 , 13:23 AFP — Thousands of Kurds, led by lawmakers, took to the streets in southeast Turkey Thursday for the first of a series of planned protests for broader rights and an end to military conflict.

Tuesday, 22 March, 2011 , 16:04 AFP — A policeman was shot dead and five people injured during a demonstration Tuesday in the town of Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan, a security official said.

Monday, 21 March, 2011 , 11:52 AFP — The president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region called Monday for a raft of reforms after protests against nepotism, corruption and a political stranglehold by the two main parties.

Saturday, 19 March, 2011 , 15:03 AFP — Four Kurdish rebels have been killed and two members of the Turkish security forces wounded in fighting in the southeast of the country, Turkish military headquarters said on its Internet site Saturday.