Monday, 4 May, 2009 , 21:03 AFP — At least 16 people were killed and two wounded in an attack on a wedding party in a village in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, a mayor said.
Sunday, 3 May, 2009 , 16:16 AFP — Officials of Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party on Sunday urged Kurds to join a protest fast against a wave of arrests of party members suspected of ties with Kurdish separatists.
Sunday, 3 May, 2009 , 16:15 AFP — Iraq's autonomous Kurds go to the polls this summer in an election likely to redraw the local political map and bring factional violence to the otherwise calm region.
Sunday, 3 May, 2009 , 10:24 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish regional government on Sunday condemned an Iranian air raid against alleged separatists inside Iraq but also called on Kurdish militants to cease cross-border attacks.
Sunday, 3 May, 2009 , 09:41 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish regional government on Sunday condemned an Iranian air raid against alleged separatists inside Iraq but also called on Kurdish militants to cease cross-border attacks.
Tuesday, 14 April, 2009 , 08:18 AFP — About 40 people, among them three senior members of Turkey's main Kurdish party, were detained Tuesday in a vast police operation targeting a separatist Kurdish rebel organization, a judicial source said.
Tuesday, 14 April, 2009 , 00:14 AFP — Amnesty International urged the autonomous government in Iraqi Kurdistan on Tuesday to rein in its security forces, warning they were "operating outside the rule of law".
Monday, 13 April, 2009 , 17:13 AFP — Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Monday met Kurdish regional government leader Massud Barzani in a visit aimed at cementing ties between the two largest stateless peoples in the Middle East.
Monday, 13 April, 2009 , 11:04 AFP — Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Monday visited Kurdistan in northern Iraq, an official from the autonomous region's presidential office told AFP.
Saturday, 11 April, 2009 , 19:28 AFP — Iraq's national security minister Shirwan al-Waili said on Saturday that Iraq, Turkey and the United States had agreed to step up intelligence sharing to help combat Kurdish rebels.
