Friday, 18 July, 2008 , 08:07 AFP — Two Kurdish rebels and two soldiers were killed overnight in fighting in southeast Turkey, security sources said Friday.

Friday, 18 July, 2008 , 06:33 AFP — Two Kurdish rebels and a soldier were killed overnight in fighting in southeast Turkey, security sources said Friday.

Wednesday, 16 July, 2008 , 18:26 AFP — Three German tourists kidnapped by separatist Kurdish rebels are in good health and still in eastern Turkey, the Anatolia news agency reported Wednesday, quoting the local governor.

Wednesday, 16 July, 2008 , 08:54 AFP — Troops backed by fighter jets and helicopter gunships killed 11 separatist Kurdish rebels in the Buzul (iceberg) mountains of southeastern Hakkari province, which borders Iran and Iraq, the Turkish army said Wednesday.

Tuesday, 15 July, 2008 , 10:29 AFP — Turkish forces killed 22 separatist Kurdish rebels, bombarding and storming their mountain hide-out during a four-day raid near the Iraqi border, the army said Tuesday.

Monday, 14 July, 2008 , 17:46 AFP — Two Turkish soldiers and eight separatist Kurdish rebels have been killed in recent fighting in the country's southeast near the border with Iraq, the army said Monday.

Monday, 14 July, 2008 , 08:00 AFP — Kurdish rebels in Iraq said three Germans abducted in Turkey last week were in good health but demanded that Ankara halt military assaults in the area where they were seized.

Monday, 14 July, 2008 , 07:42 AFP — Two Turkish soldiers were killed in a clash with separatist Kurdish rebels in the country's southeast near the border with Iraq, a security source said Monday.

Sunday, 13 July, 2008 , 16:16 AFP — The rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which last week kidnapped three Germans in Turkey, said Sunday it was "strong enough" to hit German economic targets, an agency close to the group reported.

Sunday, 13 July, 2008 , 09:39 AFP — Turkish soldiers shot and killed two Kurdish rebels on Sunday as they tried to plant explosives on a road in eastern Turkey, security officials said.