Monday, 5 January, 2009 , 19:06 AFP — Turkish warplanes and Iranian artillery bombarded Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq on Monday, a Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) spokesman said.

Monday, 5 January, 2009 , 18:26 AFP — Turkish fighter jets and Iranian artillery bombarded Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq, a Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) spokesman said.

Sunday, 4 January, 2009 , 17:58 AFP — A member of the Kurdish Communist Party has been shot dead by unknown assailants at his home in Kirkuk in northern Iraq, local police and his party said on Sunday.

Friday, 2 January, 2009 , 12:12 AFP — A Turkish court Friday sentenced a Kurdish militant to life without the chance of parole for a car bomb attack that killed seven people last year.

Wednesday, 30 December, 2009 , 12:00 AFP — Eight alleged Islamic militants planning to launch attacks in northern Iraq have been arrested in the Kurdish province of Sulaimaniyah, a top security official told reporters on Tuesday.

Tuesday, 29 December, 2009 , 10:42 AFP — Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh warned of "vicious and dangerous" attempts to convert political and economic problems in Iraq to an Arab-Kurdish conflict.

Sunday, 28 December, 2008 , 18:50 AFP — Turkish fighter jets on Sunday bombed Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq, just days after three Turkish soldiers were killed in a deadly attack, a Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) spokesman said.

Thursday, 25 December, 2008 , 09:14 AFP — Kurdish rebels launched a deadly attack in southeastern Turkey hours after the Turkish and Iraqi prime ministers vowed a fresh clampdown on the separatists, officials said Thursday.

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.