Wednesday, 10 February, 2010 , 13:04 AFP — A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced the editor-in-chief of a Kurdish-language newspaper to 21 years and three months in jail on charges of spreading separatist propaganda.

Saturday, 6 February, 2010 , 13:26 AFP — The United States may offer Turkey more help with equipment and intelligence to combat separatist Kurdish rebels taking refuge in the Iraqi north, US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates said Saturday.

Tuesday, 2 February, 2010 , 16:50 AFP — The top US general in Iraq flew into Turkey Tuesday for talks on Kurdish rebels holed up in the Iraqi north, stressing that Washington wants to cooperate with Ankara and Baghdad to end the violence.

Tuesday, 2 February, 2010 , 15:30 AFP — Europe's top rights court Tuesday turned down a discrimination case by eight Kurds who were barred by Turkish courts from changing their Turkish names to Kurdish ones.

Monday, 1 February, 2010 , 17:03 AFP — Turkey's main Kurdish party on Monday elected a human rights activist as its leader, two months after the country's top court banned its sister party, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Wednesday, 27 January, 2010 , 12:29 AFP — Dozens of Iraqis gathered at the grave of "Chemical Ali" in northern Iraq on Wednesday to praise the cousin and notorious henchman of Saddam Hussein who was executed for gassing thousands of Kurds in 1988.

Wednesday, 27 January, 2010 , 09:01 AFP — A European anti-torture delegation has visited Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan in prison in Turkey after he complained about living conditions, media reports said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 27 January, 2010 , 09:01 AFP — Dozens of Iraqis on Wednesday gathered at the grave of "Chemical Ali" the notorious cousin and henchman of Saddam Hussein who was executed for gassing thousands of Kurds in 1988, an AFP reporter said.

Wednesday, 27 January, 2010 , 08:19 AFP — Iranian armed forces have arrested the alleged killer of a local prosecutor after they clashed with Kurdish rebels, a senior provincial official was quoted as saying Wednesday by local media.

Tuesday, 26 January, 2010 , 19:26 AFP — US troops have started joint operations with Iraqi forces both Arab and Kurdish in disputed northern zones aiming to boost trust and reduce tensions between Sunni Arabs and Kurds, the army said Tuesday.