Monday, 9 June, 2008 , 06:41 AFP — Two suspected Kurdish separatist rebels were killed Monday in fighting with government forces in Turkey's Kurdish-dominated east, security officials said.

Sunday, 8 June, 2008 , 05:51 AFP — Turkish warplanes bombed separatist Kurdish rebels in neighbouring northern Iraq late Saturday, the Turkish army said in a statement.

Thursday, 5 June, 2008 , 16:51 AFP — Twelve militants and four police were killed during a border infiltration from northern Iraq into Iran's West Azerbaijan province, the Fars news agency reported on Thursday.

Thursday, 5 June, 2008 , 11:02 AFP — Turkey and Iran have carried out simultaneous military action against separatist Kurdish rebels holed up in northern Iraq and are sharing intelligence, a Turkish general was quoted as saying Thursday.

Wednesday, 4 June, 2008 , 09:01 AFP — Iranian shelling of five villages in Iraqi Kurdistan close to the border wounded at least two civilians on Wednesday, a security official told AFP.

Tuesday, 3 June, 2008 , 19:13 AFP — Unidentified gunmen shot dead two Iraqi Kurdish leaders from President Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party in north-central Iraq on Tuesday, a police official said.

Monday, 2 June, 2008 , 07:21 AFP — Four members of the Iranian security forces were killed by mines laid by Kurdish separatist rebels in the northwest of the country, the Jomhouri Islami newspaper reported on Monday.

Sunday, 1 June, 2008 , 11:52 AFP — Iranian security forces have killed three members of a Kurdish rebel group in clashes in the northwest of the country, the Kargozaran newspaper reported on Sunday.

Friday, 30 May, 2008 , 21:32 AFP — President George W. Bush on Friday widened US sanctions against a Kurdish rebel group and an Italian crime syndicate under a law aimed at punishing international drug traffickers, the White House said.

Thursday, 29 May, 2008 , 12:51 AFP — Turkish warplanes bombed 16 Kurdish rebel targets in neighbouring northern Iraq Thursday, the latest in a series of air strikes on bases there since December, the Turkish army said.