Thursday, 7 April, 2011 , 11:02 AFP — President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday granted citizenship to Syria's Kurds, the majority in the northeast who have been denied nationality for nearly half a century, said SANA state news agency.
Thursday, 7 April, 2011 , 02:42 AFP — A boy aged around 10 digs in the ground with a pickaxe that is almost his size as another struggles under a huge water container at a construction site in southeastern Turkey.
Monday, 4 April, 2011 , 17:19 AFP — Two rebels who were involved in an attack in March which left two members of Iranian security forces dead have themselves been killed, a commander with the elite Revolutionary Guards said on Monday.
Sunday, 3 April, 2011 , 05:57 AFP — Four Iranian border guards have been killed in an attack when their station was targetted by armed assailants in the western province of Kurdistan, a local official said Saturday.
Saturday, 2 April, 2011 , 11:09 AFP — One Turkish soldier died Saturday after being injured in clashes between the army and Kurdish rebels in southern Turkey, Anatolia news agency reported.
Friday, 1 April, 2011 , 18:15 AFP — The Turkish army killed seven Kurdish rebels and seized explosives in clashes in a southern province on Friday, Anatolia news agency quoted officials as saying.
Friday, 1 April, 2011 , 16:11 AFP — Thirty-five people, most of them policemen, were injured on Friday in clashes during protests against the two main Kurdish parties in Sulaimaniyah in northern Iraq, hospital sources said.
Friday, 1 April, 2011 , 15:11 AFP — Sixteen policemen, a protester and a journalist were hurt Friday in clashes during protests against the two main Kurdish parties in Sulaimaniyah in northern Iraq, witnesses said.
Friday, 1 April, 2011 , 12:31 AFP — Kurds in Syria's northeast on Friday took to the streets for the first time since pro-reform protests erupted in mid-March, calling for the right to citizenship, an activist said.
Friday, 1 April, 2011 , 11:07 AFP — The Turkish army killed seven Kurdish rebels and seized explosives in clashes in a southern province on Friday, Anatolia news agency quoted officials as saying.
