Thursday, 25 December, 2008 , 07:36 AFP — An attack by Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey has left three soldiers dead and another nine injured, four of them seriously, local officials said Thursday.

Thursday, 25 December, 2008 , 04:23 AFP — The prime ministers of Turkey and Iraq vowed Wednesday to step up their cooperation against Turkish Kurdish rebels whose presence in neighbouring northern Iraq has cast a shadow over relations.

Wednesday, 24 December, 2008 , 15:45 AFP — The prime ministers of Turkey and Iraq vowed Wednesday to step up their cooperation in the fight against Turkish Kurdish rebels whose presence in northern Iraq has cast a shadow over relations.

Wednesday, 24 December, 2008 , 12:05 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki met with Turkish President Abdullah Gul in Ankara on Tuesday on a trip centred on the thorny issue of Turkish Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq.

Wednesday, 24 December, 2008 , 08:40 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was Wednesday due to hold talks with Ankara on ways to fight Turkish separatist Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq.

Tuesday, 23 December, 2008 , 20:25 AFP — Turkish President Abdullah Gul indicated Tuesday he will soon visit Iraq after postponing his visit to the Middle East earlier this month because of an ear ailment that prevents him from flying.

Tuesday, 23 December, 2008 , 10:53 AFP — Police in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast have seized a vehicle containing 57 kilogrammes (125 pounds) of explosives and ammunition, officials said on Tuesday.

Tuesday, 23 December, 2008 , 08:41 AFP — Iraqi Kurds are determined to stop Kurdish rebels from using their territory for attacks on Turkey and Iran and will soon call on the militants to lay down their arms, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said in an interview published Tuesday.

Sunday, 21 December, 2008 , 09:49 AFP — The rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) expressed concern on Sunday about Turkish pressure on the Iraqi Kurdish authorities to rein in its activities in northern Iraq.

Sunday, 21 December, 2008 , 08:57 AFP — Turkey's public broadcaster will on January 1 inaugurate a television channel in Kurdish, a language banned in the country until the early 1990s, marking a fresh milestone in Ankara's fence-mending efforts towards the restive Kurdish community.