Monday, 21 March, 2011 , 11:52 AFP — The president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region called Monday for a raft of reforms after protests against nepotism, corruption and a political stranglehold by the two main parties.

Saturday, 19 March, 2011 , 15:03 AFP — Four Kurdish rebels have been killed and two members of the Turkish security forces wounded in fighting in the southeast of the country, Turkish military headquarters said on its Internet site Saturday.

Friday, 18 March, 2011 , 19:16 AFP — Three Kurdish rebels were killed Friday in clashes with the Turkish army in southeastern Turkey, while two rural guards were injured, security sources said.

Thursday, 17 March, 2011 , 13:55 AFP — A man held in prison without trial for 11 years in Iraq received a five-year jail term on Thursday on "terrorism charges" but will not be freed due to the time already served, a security official said.

Thursday, 17 March, 2011 , 13:23 AFP — A man held in prison without trial for 11 years in Iraq received a five-year jail term on Thursday on "terrorism charges" but will not be freed due to the time already served, a security official said.

Tuesday, 15 March, 2011 , 14:26 AFP — Three Kurdish rebels were killed Tuesday in a battle against army soldiers in southeastern Turkey following a threat from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to end its truce.

Sunday, 13 March, 2011 , 12:17 AFP — Syrian Kurdish blogger Kamal Hussein Sheikho was released Sunday from jail but remains on trial for publishing reports allegedly harmful for the country, a rights group said.

Saturday, 12 March, 2011 , 16:40 AFP — Iran has killed a member of a "hardline religious group" responsible for the murder of four forest guards and arrested another one, the local media reported Saturday.

Thursday, 10 March, 2011 , 19:44 AFP — A Turkish court on Thursday decided to abandon proceedings against a celebrated Kurdish poet and activist allowing him to return after 31 years in exile, a judicial source said.

Thursday, 10 March, 2011 , 17:46 AFP — Dozens of jailed Kurds in Syria started a hunger strike on Thursday in solidarity with rights activists who have mounted the same action in a prison near Damascus, a rights group said.