Wednesday, 29 July, 2009 , 07:44 AFP — US Defence Secretary Robert Gates met Iraqi Kurdish president Massud Barzani Wednesday as he urged Iraq's communities to heal their political rifts before US forces withdraw at the end of 2011.
Tuesday, 28 July, 2009 , 12:01 AFP — Turkey on Tuesday urged Iraq and the United States for "concrete results" on the ground in efforts to curb separatist Kurdish rebels taking refuge in northern Iraq.
Tuesday, 28 July, 2009 , 09:09 AFP — Leading Kurdish activist Leyla Zana was sentenced to 15 months in prison on Tuesday for remarks upholding Kurdish rebels fighting the Turkish government, judicial sources said.
Tuesday, 28 July, 2009 , 08:57 AFP — Senior officials from Iraq, Turkey and the United States met Tuesday to discuss ways to deal with Kurdish rebels holed up in northern Iraq.
Tuesday, 28 July, 2009 , 08:42 AFP — A suspected Kurdish militant was killed and two police officers wounded in a shootout in eastern Turkey late Monday, a local official told Anatolia news agency.
Monday, 27 July, 2009 , 19:10 AFP — The Iraqi Kurdish opposition accused the party of regional president Massud Barzani on Monday of vote rigging in weekend elections, insisting it had made a bigger breakthrough than preliminary results showed.
Monday, 27 July, 2009 , 16:52 AFP — Iraqi Kurdistan's prime minister on Monday condemned post-election violence in the autonomous region that left one person dead and 12 injured, as opposition parties claimed major gains.
Monday, 27 July, 2009 , 15:59 AFP — Iraqi authorities were set on Monday to release preliminary results from weekend elections in the autonomous Kurdish region after a new opposition party claimed a major breakthrough.
Monday, 27 July, 2009 , 15:42 AFP — Twenty-five Kurdish immigrants from Iran and Iraq arrived in southern Italy on Monday in a fishing boat that got stuck on a sandbank near the town of Bianco, police said.
Monday, 27 July, 2009 , 15:08 AFP — Turkey's President Abdullah Gul said Monday the country has failed to ensure equal democratic rights for its Kurdish community which is a necessary step to end a 25-year bloody insurgency.
