Tuesday, 19 April, 2011 , 11:47 AFP — Kurdish crowds clashed with riot police in street demonstrations Tuesday after Turkey's electoral board barred prominent Kurdish candidates from standing in upcoming elections.

Tuesday, 19 April, 2011 , 10:49 AFP — Authorities in the Iraqi province of Sulaimaniyah slapped a ban on unauthorised protests from Tuesday, after dozens of injuries and deaths in near-daily rallies over the past two months.

Monday, 18 April, 2011 , 19:01 AFP — Turkey's pro-Kurdish political party threatened to withdraw from June elections after the election board on Monday vetoed the party's seven candidates, media reports said.

Monday, 18 April, 2011 , 18:25 AFP — Turkey's pro-Kurdish political party threathened to withdraw from June elections after the election board on Monday vetoed the candidacy of the party's seven bidders, media reports said.

Saturday, 16 April, 2011 , 19:58 AFP — One person was wounded as the result of two bomb blasts in the western city of Sanandaj in the Iranian Kurdistan province, the official IRNA news agency reported Saturday, quoting a provincial official.

Saturday, 16 April, 2011 , 19:36 AFP — One person was wounded as the result of a bomb blast in the western city of Sanandaj in the Iranian Kurdistan province, the official IRNA news agency reported Saturday.

Wednesday, 13 April, 2011 , 15:33 AFP — One village guard died and a child was severely injured in a landmine explosion in mainly Kurdish southeastern Turkey on Wednesday, security sources said.

Tuesday, 12 April, 2011 , 15:16 AFP — Syrian security forces locked down the protest flashpoint town of Banias and raked the nearby village of Baida with gunfire on Tuesday, witnesses told AFP by telephone.

Friday, 8 April, 2011 , 08:46 AFP — A Kurdish rebel was killed Friday in southeastern Turkey as the landmine he was trying to lay exploded, local sources said.

Friday, 8 April, 2011 , 07:01 AFP — US Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region Friday for talks with regional president Massud Barzani on security needs after American troops pull out this year.