Thursday, 3 June, 2010 , 12:06 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani pledged "all efforts" to stop surging separatist Kurdish violence against Turkey as he paid a landmark visit to Ankara Thursday after years of animosity.

Wednesday, 2 June, 2010 , 19:43 AFP — Iraqi Kurd leader Massud Barzani arrived in Turkey Wednesday on a five-day official visit, just days after Turkish Kurdish rebels killed six soldiers in a rocket attack on a naval base.

Wednesday, 2 June, 2010 , 15:28 AFP — Iraqi Kurd leader Massud Barzani was heading to Ankara on Wednesday, just days after Turkish Kurdish rebels killed six soldiers in a deadly rocket attack on a naval base, officials said.

Wednesday, 2 June, 2010 , 09:10 AFP — A soldier and two Kurdish rebels died in the latest outbreak of fighting in Turkey's southeast, near the the Iraqi border, local officials said Wednesday

Wednesday, 2 June, 2010 , 08:48 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani visits Turkey on Wednesday, just days after Kurdish rebels killed six Turkish soldiers in a deadly rocket attack on a naval base, a spokesman said.

Tuesday, 1 June, 2010 , 17:52 AFP — The Turkish government remains committed to reforms to expand Kurdish freedoms despite a string of deadly attacks by Kurdish separatists, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 1 June, 2010 , 17:36 AFP — Separatist Kurdish rebels on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a deadly rocket strike on a Turkish naval base, their bloodiest attack in recent months, an news agency close to the rebels reported.

Tuesday, 1 June, 2010 , 15:07 AFP — Iranian troops were operating three kilometres (two miles) inside Iraqi territory on Tuesday amid clashes with Kurdish rebels in the Qandil mountains near the border, a security official said.

Tuesday, 1 June, 2010 , 13:11 AFP — Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan opened its party congress Tuesday, just the third such meeting since its founding in 1975, amid charges of nepotism and graft.

Tuesday, 1 June, 2010 , 13:11 AFP — The Turkish government remains committed to reforms to expand Kurdish freedoms despite a string of deadly attacks by Kurdish separatists, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday.