Monday, 18 August, 2008 , 10:38 AFP — A Turkish soldier was killed and eight others were wounded Monday in a landmine blast in the southeastern province of Sirnak blamed on Kurdish rebels, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Monday, 18 August, 2008 , 07:41 AFP — Five Turkish soldiers were wounded Monday in a landmine blast in the southeastern province of Sirnak blamed on Kurdish rebels, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Sunday, 17 August, 2008 , 07:56 AFP — Turkish warplanes bombed a Kurdish rebel hideout in neighbouring northern Iraq overnight, the military said Sunday.

Friday, 15 August, 2008 , 19:47 AFP — Kurdish commanders have finally agreed to pull their troops out of Kurdish-populated areas of ethnically divided Diyala province, a senior Kurdish official said on Friday.

Friday, 15 August, 2008 , 17:33 AFP — Three Kurdish rebels and one soldier died Friday in fighting with security forces in southeastern Turkey, said the Turkish army's chief of staff.

Wednesday, 13 August, 2008 , 14:35 AFP — Kurdish commanders Wednesday refused orders to pull their troops out of Kurdish-populated areas of ethnically divided Diyala province, challenging the authority of Baghdad.

Monday, 11 August, 2008 , 12:10 AFP — A fire at a major oil pipeline in eastern Turkey, sparked by a blast last week, was extinguished on Monday, officials told Anatolia news agency.

Monday, 11 August, 2008 , 07:22 AFP — Turkey's state broadcaster will launch a Kurdish-language television channel in 2009, its director said in an interview published Monday.

Saturday, 9 August, 2008 , 15:09 AFP — An influential Kurdish member of the Iraqi parliament on Saturday accused Turkey of undermining the influence Kurds have gained since the fall of the regime of Saddam Hussein in 2003.

Friday, 8 August, 2008 , 19:36 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani on Friday emphasised the Kurdish nature of the disputed oil-rich city of Kirkuk, as he made his first visit since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003.