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Iraqi PM meets Turkish envoys on rebel crisis


Tuesday, 14 October, 2008 , 16:02 AFP Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Maliki held talks on Tuesday with Turkish envoys following a string of air strikes launched by Ankara's forces in northern Iraq after a deadly Kurdish rebel attack.

PKK chief says Turkey trying to drag Iraq Kurds into war


Tuesday, 14 October, 2008 , 14:44 AFP The military commander of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has accused Ankara of seeking conflict with Iraqi Kurds through its charges that they are sheltering rebel fighters in their autonomous region.

Five soldiers wounded in Kurdish rebel ambush in Turkey


Tuesday, 14 October, 2008 , 10:55 AFP Five Turkish soldiers were wounded Tuesday when Kurdish rebels attacked a military convoy in the east of the country, local security sources said.

Iraqi Kurd chief to meet Turkish envoys on rebel crisis


Tuesday, 14 October, 2008 , 10:49 AFP Massud Barzani, president of northern Iraq's Kurdish region, was to hold talks on Tuesday with Turkish envoys following a string of air strikes by Turkey in the wake of a deadly Kurdish rebel attack.

Turkish court charges five over deadly attack on police


Monday, 13 October, 2008 , 12:43 AFP A Turkish court on Monday charged and jailed pending trial five people in connection with a Kurdish rebel attack on a police bus in the country's southeast that claimed five lives.

Turkish air raid targets senior Kurdish rebels in Iraq: army


Sunday, 12 October, 2008 , 18:27 AFP Turkish warplanes bombed Sunday a Kurdish rebel hideout in neighbouring Iraq where senior militants were believed to be, the army said.

Turkish jets bomb Kurdish rebel base in Iraq: army


Sunday, 12 October, 2008 , 17:37 AFP Turkish warplanes bombed Sunday a Kurdish rebel hideout in northern Iraq where senior militants were believed to be, the army said.

Kurdish rebels claim deadly attack on police bus in Turkey


Sunday, 12 October, 2008 , 14:24 AFP The separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) claimed responsibility Sunday for a machine-gun attack on a police bus in southeastern Turkey last week that claimed five lives.

Istanbul 'suicide' attack foiled


Saturday, 11 October, 2008 , 21:21 AFP Turkish authorities claimed to have foiled a probable suicide attack by a suspected Kurdish militant in Istanbul on Saturday as the military stepped up bombing raids on rebel hideouts in northern Iraq.

Suspected Kurdish suicide bomber caught in Istanbul: governor


Saturday, 11 October, 2008 , 15:25 AFP Turkish police Saturday arrested a suspected Kurdish militant believed to be preparing a suicide attack in Istanbul, the city's governor said.