Thursday, 29 May, 2008 , 10:31 AFP — Turkish warplanes bombed 16 Kurdish rebel targets in neighbouring northern Iraq Thursday, the latest in a series of air strikes targeting the region since December, the Turkish army said.

Thursday, 29 May, 2008 , 09:29 AFP — Six members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards died in clashes with a separatist Kurdish group while two border guards were killed by mines laid by the rebels, the Mehr news agency reported on Thursday.

Wednesday, 28 May, 2008 , 07:08 AFP — Two separatist Kurdish rebels were killed in overnight fighting with security forces in eastern Turkey, the Anatolia news agency reported Wednesday.

Tuesday, 27 May, 2008 , 12:39 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Tuesday announced a slew of measures to develop the country's poor and conflict-ravaged Kurdish-dominated southeast.

Tuesday, 27 May, 2008 , 10:00 AFP — Iran has sentenced to death a Kurdish teacher for membership in a "terrorist" group and possession of explosives, the judiciary spokesman confirmed on Tuesday.

Saturday, 24 May, 2008 , 10:46 AFP — A landmine explosion blamed on Kurdish rebels derailed several wagons of a train in the east of Turkey on Saturday, but caused no casualties, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Saturday, 24 May, 2008 , 10:43 AFP — Medics in Iraqi Kurdistan said on Saturday that they had seen a surge in violence against women in May, with both so-called "honour" killings and female suicides on the increase.

Saturday, 24 May, 2008 , 07:13 AFP — Iran's Revolutionary Guards have killed nine Kurdish rebels, five of them women, in clashes in West Azarbaijan province near the border with Turkey, reports said on Saturday.

Thursday, 22 May, 2008 , 07:14 AFP — Two Turkish soldiers were killed and another wounded when they were attacked by separatist Kurdish rebels near the border with Iraq, a local security source said Thursday.

Sunday, 18 May, 2008 , 09:28 AFP — A Turkish soldier was killed and two others were wounded Sunday during clashes with Kurdish fighters in the souteast of the country, local sources said.