Monday, 18 January, 2010 , 19:48 AFP — Gunmen assassinated on Monday the prosecutor of a northwestern region of Iran where security forces have been battling Kurdish separatists for years, local media reported.

Sunday, 17 January, 2010 , 15:19 AFP — Saddam Hussein's notorious henchman "Chemical Ali" was on Sunday sentenced to death for ordering the gassing of Kurds in the Iraqi town of Halabja, a brutal attack that killed an estimated 5,000 people.

Sunday, 17 January, 2010 , 12:37 AFP — A Turkish soldier was killed and another wounded Sunday in clashes with Kurdish rebel in southeast Turkey, the military said.

Sunday, 17 January, 2010 , 12:36 AFP — Saddam Hussein's notorious henchman "Chemical Ali" was sentenced to death on Sunday for ordering the gassing of Kurds in the Iraqi town of Halabja, a brutal attack that killed an estimated 5,000 people.

Sunday, 17 January, 2010 , 10:10 AFP — Saddam Hussein's notorious henchman "Chemical Ali" was sentenced to death on Sunday for ordering the gassing of Kurds in the Iraqi town of Halabja, a brutal attack that killed an estimated 5,000 people.

Sunday, 17 January, 2010 , 08:46 AFP — Saddam Hussein's notorious enforcer "Chemical Ali" was sentenced to death on Sunday for ordering the gassing of Kurds in the Iraqi town of Halabja, a brutal attack that killed an estimated 5,000 people.

Sunday, 17 January, 2010 , 07:43 AFP — Ali Hassan al-Majid, better known as Saddam Hussein's enforcer "Chemical Ali" was on Sunday sentenced to death for ordering the gassing of Kurds in the Iraqi village of Halabja, state television said.

Tuesday, 12 January, 2010 , 11:02 AFP — Roz Nuri Shawis, a Kurd, has been appointed Iraq's deputy prime minister in place of Barham Saleh, who took over as head of a Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq, parliament announced.

Tuesday, 5 January, 2010 , 13:11 AFP — Turkish police Tuesday detained 20 people in simultaneous operations across four provinces targeting an urban group accused of collaborating with armed Kurdish rebels, Anatolia news agency reported.

Tuesday, 29 December, 2009 , 19:57 AFP — A Turkish court on Tuesday jailed a Kurdish militant for life for a deadly bomb attack on a minibus carrying holidaymakers in a seaside resort, news agency Anatolia said.