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.
Thursday, 31 March, 2011 , 15:14 AFP — Syria on Thursday announced it would look into the plight of some 300,000 Kurds who have been denied Syrian nationality for close to half a century, state media reported.
Tuesday, 29 March, 2011 , 17:42 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in the autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq on Tuesday, a day after he said that Kurdish rebel bases in the territory were an obstacle to strengthening neighbourly ties with Baghdad.
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.
