Sunday, 27 July, 2008 , 14:53 AFP — A landmine placed by Kurdish rebels exploded Sunday killing three civilians and injuring three more in Turkey's southeast, local security officials said.

Sunday, 27 July, 2008 , 07:49 AFP — Turkey carried out fresh air strikes in the early hours of Sunday on Kurdish rebel positions inside northern Iraq, the Turkish military announced.

Friday, 25 July, 2008 , 13:47 AFP — Three soldiers were killed in southeastern Turkey on Friday in a landmine explosion blamed on Kurdish rebels, secuirty sources said.

Thursday, 24 July, 2008 , 17:41 AFP — A military court Thursday sentenced the ex-chairman of Turkey's main Kurdish party to one year in prison for using false documents to evade the compulsory draft, Anatolia news agency reported.

Tuesday, 22 July, 2008 , 17:32 AFP — Police have arrested a suspected leader of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) at Detmold in the west of the country, German federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

Monday, 21 July, 2008 , 18:03 AFP — Three German mountaineers, held hostage by separatist Kurdish rebels in Turkey for almost two weeks, arrived home in Germany on Monday.

Monday, 21 July, 2008 , 13:35 AFP — Three German mountaineers, held hostage by separatist Kurdish rebels in Turkey for almost two weeks, set out for their homeland on Monday, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Monday, 21 July, 2008 , 13:23 AFP — The head of a banned Kurdish political group has been arrested by the Syrian security services under emergency laws, a human rights group said on Monday.

Sunday, 20 July, 2008 , 19:34 AFP — Kurdish rebels on Sunday freed three German climbers they had kidnapped this month in eastern Turkey, surrendering the men unharmed as the army closed in, the Turkish foreign ministry announced.

Sunday, 20 July, 2008 , 15:05 AFP — Rebels in northern Iran have killed two members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in the latest deadly clashes in the region, the Fars news agency reported on Sunday.