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.
Sunday, 6 March, 2011 , 08:44 AFP — A protest site in Iraq's Kurdish region was attacked overnight and the offices of an independent Kurdish radio station were ransacked, demonstrators and a press watchdog said on Sunday.
Saturday, 5 March, 2011 , 13:19 AFP — Four Iranian forest guards have been killed in what an official said was a "terrorist act" in the western province of Kurdistan, ISNA news agency reported on Saturday.
Wednesday, 26 January, 2011 , 15:41 AFP — Energy firm Heritage Oil said on Wednesday it has made a major gas find in Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan that is among the largest ever in the country.
Wednesday, 26 January, 2011 , 15:21 AFP — Intelligence officers in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region have arrested a second suspected Al-Qaeda fighter who was among a dozen escapees from a southern prison two weeks ago, an official said on Wednesday.
Wednesday, 26 January, 2011 , 14:07 AFP — Energy firm Heritage Oil said on Wednesday it has made a major gas find in Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan that is among the largest ever in the country.
Tuesday, 25 January, 2011 , 18:03 AFP — Turkey violated free speech after it jailed a Kurdish activist for speaking to media at a protest supporting the PKK separatist group, the European Court of Human Rights said Tuesday.
Sunday, 16 January, 2011 , 14:40 AFP — Turkish police Sunday used water cannon and tear gas to disperse dozens of Kurdish youths hurling petrol bombs and stones after a demonstration in downtown Istanbul, an AFP photographer said.