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.
Thursday, 7 April, 2011 , 19:28 AFP — Syria on Thursday granted citizenship to tens of thousands of Kurds on the same day that a legal committee completed draft legislation to replace nearly five decades of emergency rule.
Thursday, 7 April, 2011 , 14:29 AFP — Syria on Thursday granted citizenship to tens of thousands of Kurds on the same day that a legal committee completed draft legislation to replace nearly five decades of emergency rule.
Thursday, 7 April, 2011 , 12:49 AFP — Syria on Thursday granted citizenship to tens of thousands of Kurds on the same day that a legal committee completed draft legislation to replace nearly five decades of emergency rule.