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.

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.