Tuesday, 10 November, 2009 , 10:30 AFP — A Syrian court of exception has sentenced four Kurds to six-year prison terms for belonging to a banned political party, a human rights watchdog said on Tuesday.

Tuesday, 10 November, 2009 , 08:58 AFP — Minorities, including Christians, in northern Iraq are the collateral victims of a conflict between Arabs and Kurds over who controls the country's disputed provinces, Human Rights Watch warned Tuesday.

Thursday, 5 November, 2009 , 08:25 AFP — Fifteen years after they were driven out by bloodshed, thousands of Kurdish refugees living in a camp in northern Iraq dream of coming back to Turkey, but say they will not move unless Ankara grants extensive political and cultural rights to Kurds.

Wednesday, 4 November, 2009 , 02:02 AFP — Holed up in the rugged mountains of northern Iraq, Kurdish rebels are determined to fight on, viewing Turkey's pledges to broaden Kurdish freedoms with mistrust.

Monday, 2 November, 2009 , 18:36 AFP — The Turkish government said Monday it would set out a reform project next week to improve the rights of the country's Kurdish minority.

Monday, 2 November, 2009 , 09:17 AFP — US Vice President Joe Biden and president Massud Barzani of Iraqi Kurdistan have pressed the need for a key election law to be passed in Baghdad, Kurdish authorities said on Monday.

Sunday, 1 November, 2009 , 19:51 AFP — Three women and a child died in floods that hit the north of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Sunday, a provincial governor and military officers told AFP.

Sunday, 1 November, 2009 , 17:57 AFP — The prime minister of the autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan called on MPs Sunday to cut ministers' and top officials' wages by 10 percent and allocate those funds for investment, a lawmaker said.

Friday, 30 October, 2009 , 19:29 AFP — Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu stressed the importance of ties with Iraq, which he termed Ankara's gateway to the Gulf, on a historic visit to Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday.

Friday, 30 October, 2009 , 16:35 AFP — Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmed Davutoglu arrived in the autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq on Friday, as part of Ankara's efforts to end a conflict with Kurdish rebels based across its southern border.