Friday, 21 November, 2008 , 19:28 AFP — Iraq's presidential council demanded on Friday that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki suspend pro-government tribal councils so their legality could be reviewed amid an escalating quarrel over them.

Friday, 21 November, 2008 , 15:47 AFP — A 16-year-old Kurdish youth was jailed for seven years and five months Friday for involvement in violent protests in Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast last June.

Friday, 21 November, 2008 , 14:58 AFP — Turkey is considering ending the solitary confinement of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, which has sparked protests from human rights groups and anxiety about his mental health, a minister said Friday.

Thursday, 20 November, 2008 , 14:11 AFP — Iraq's parliament appeared likely to approve a comprehensive US military pact that would see all troops leave by the end of 2011 despite a loud and contentious debate of the measure on Thursday.

Thursday, 20 November, 2008 , 10:12 AFP — The United States, Iraq, and Turkey have condemned the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) as a "terrorist organisation" and formed a joint committee to combat them, the US embassy said Thursday.

Thursday, 20 November, 2008 , 09:26 AFP — A Kurdish mayor in southeastern Turkey was sentenced Thursday to 15 months in jail for urging support for separatist Kurdish rebels in an interview with a French news channel last year.

Wednesday, 19 November, 2008 , 21:00 AFP — Three Turkish soldiers and four Kurdish rebels were killed Wednesday in fighting in the country's east and southeast, security officials and media reports said.

Wednesday, 19 November, 2008 , 16:56 AFP — Iraq on Wednesday repatriated the remains of 150 Kurds killed in the 1980s during Saddam Hussein's rule and buried in a mass grave outside the Shiite holy city of Najaf.

Wednesday, 19 November, 2008 , 15:24 AFP — A Turkish soldier was killed and five others were wounded Wednesday in clashes with Kurdish rebels in the mountainous east of the country, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Wednesday, 19 November, 2008 , 11:54 AFP — Iraq, Turkey and the United States agreed Wednesday to form a joint committee to combat the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a guerilla movement based along the mountainous Iraq-Turkey border.