Monday, 8 September, 2008 , 13:30 AFP — The speaker of northern Iraq's regional parliament warned Baghdad on Monday about the purchase of high-tech US military hardware, amid concerns the weapons could be used against them.

Sunday, 7 September, 2008 , 18:06 AFP — Six members of the security forces were killed Sunday in a clash with separatist Kurdish rebels in the southeastern Turkish province of Hakkari near the Iraqi border, the local governor's office said.

Sunday, 7 September, 2008 , 16:48 AFP — Three members of a government-armed Kurdish militia were killed Sunday in a clash with separatist rebels in southeastern Turkey near the Iraqi border, a security source said.

Saturday, 6 September, 2008 , 13:24 AFP — The Syrian authorities have arrested three people, including the brother of the head of a banned Kurdish political group who has been in detention since July, a human rights group said on Saturday.

Wednesday, 3 September, 2008 , 12:04 AFP — Two Turkish troops and four Kurdish rebels were killed in fresh fighting in the country's volatile east, security sources said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 3 September, 2008 , 08:40 AFP — Kurdish separatist rebels ambushed a Turkish military vehicle in the east of the country killing two troops and wounding nine, security sources said Wednesday.

Monday, 1 September, 2008 , 17:09 AFP — An Iraqi Kurdish journalist was seriously wounded when gunmen dressed in military uniforms shot him in his Baghdad home last month, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders said on Monday.

Sunday, 31 August, 2008 , 11:35 AFP — Four Turkish troops and two Kurdish rebels were killed in clashes between separatists and security forces in eastern Turkey overnight, security officials said Sunday.

Saturday, 30 August, 2008 , 15:09 AFP — Tension flared Saturday between Baghdad and Iraq's northern Kurdish administration after Iraqi forces ordered Kurdish political parties to vacate their offices in Diyala province, an official said.

Thursday, 28 August, 2008 , 11:44 AFP — A member of a government-armed Kurdish militia was killed and five people, including two soldiers, wounded Thursday in a landmine blast in southeastern Turkey, a security source said.