Saturday, 27 September, 2008 , 12:02 AFP — A member of the Kurdish peshmerga died when Iraqi police on Saturday raided a peshmerga security post in the troubled town of Jalawla, Salah Koikha, spokesman for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, a leading Kurdish political party, told AFP. An Iraqi security official speaking on condition of anonymity confirmed the incident, saying the troops targeted a cell of the peshmerga secret service known as Asayish.

Friday, 26 September, 2008 , 09:57 AFP — Turkish warplanes successfully struck 16 targets in a fresh raid targeting separatist Kurdish rebels in neighbouring northern Iraq, a senior Turkish general said Friday.

Friday, 26 September, 2008 , 07:25 AFP — Turkish warplanes have bombed several areas of Iraq's northern Kurdish region targeting guerrillas of Kurdistan Workers' Party, a local official told AFP on Friday.

Friday, 26 September, 2008 , 02:03 AFP — In a mirror image of Kirkuk, the Kurdish town of Khanaqin near the border with Iran that holds sizeable oil reserves is being exposed to ethnic tensions and rival territorial claims.

Thursday, 25 September, 2008 , 10:48 AFP — A Turkish court Thursday slapped fines on three journalists for an interview with separatist Kurdish rebels published four years ago, Anatolia news agency reported.

Wednesday, 24 September, 2008 , 14:54 AFP — The Iraqi parliament finally passed a provincial election law on Wednesday, setting a January 31 deadline for a vote to allow more power to be handed to the country's divided communities.

Monday, 22 September, 2008 , 17:11 AFP — A bomb exploded Monday in mainly Kurdish southeast Turkey, killing a soldier and wounding two other people, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Friday, 19 September, 2008 , 10:01 AFP — A series of contracts awarded by Kurdish leaders is blocking the passage of a national oil law, prompting Baghdad to use Saddam Hussein era rules for new deals, Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani said.

Wednesday, 17 September, 2008 , 15:31 AFP — The Turkish government will ask parliament to extend by one year its mandate to order military strikes against separatist Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq, the deputy prime minister said Wednesday.

Tuesday, 16 September, 2008 , 12:46 AFP — Turkey's main Kurdish party rejected charges Tuesday that it was linked to separatist Kurdish rebels, in a court case in which it risks being outlawed, its chairman said.