Wednesday, 3 March, 2010 , 01:38 AFP — The election hopes of Kurdish voters in Kirkuk rest on an American neurologist of Iraqi descent whose mission is to win control of the disputed, ethnically-mixed oil-rich province.

Sunday, 28 February, 2010 , 10:27 AFP — A US commander strides down a street in a Kurdish village in northern Iraq, heading a mixed squad of American troops, Iraqi security forces and Kurdish peshmerga fighters.

Sunday, 28 February, 2010 , 08:34 AFP — The fate of a US-backed security force comprising Arabs and Kurds in Iraq's tense north is to be decided after next Sunday's elections, only two months after it was set up to avert a civil war.

Saturday, 27 February, 2010 , 17:10 AFP — An opposition activist in Iraqi Kurdistan was injured by supporters of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Saturday in the regional capital Arbil, an opposition spokesman said, ahead of March 7 polls.

Friday, 26 February, 2010 , 16:10 AFP — French police arrested 11 people suspected of recruiting young fighters into the armed Kurdish separatist movement PKK, widely branded a terrorist group, an official said on Friday.

Friday, 26 February, 2010 , 12:42 AFP — Kurdish journalists covering the campaign for Iraq's March 7 general election have been subjected to attacks and have had their movements restricted, media groups said on Friday.

Wednesday, 24 February, 2010 , 18:34 AFP — Iran said on Wednesday it has foiled a bombing attack on defence ministry factory by an outlawed Kurdish group, accusing arch-foe Washington of backing them, local media outlets reported.

Tuesday, 23 February, 2010 , 10:54 AFP — A Syrian man of Kurdish origin has been arrested in southern Spain for throwing a shoe at visiting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, police said Tuesday.

Monday, 22 February, 2010 , 21:49 AFP — An international press freedom group on Monday criticised Turkey over the trial of a Kurdish journalist who is threatened with 525 years in jail.

Sunday, 21 February, 2010 , 12:16 AFP — Iranian security forces killed four members of an outlawed Kurdish group in an ambush on Sunday in West Azerbaijan province, the intelligence ministry said in a statement carried by local media.