Thursday, 12 June, 2008 , 10:50 AFP — A roadside bomb attack killed three security personnel from the Kurdish peshmerga forces deployed in the restive Diyala province of Iraq, a security official told AFP on Thursday.

Wednesday, 11 June, 2008 , 14:09 AFP — The Turkish parliament on Thursday voted a bill to introduce a Kurdish-language channel on state television in line with a government promise to the Kurdish minority.

Tuesday, 10 June, 2008 , 11:50 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed a desire to visit Baghdad and boost his country's support for Iraqi reconstruction, a statement from the Iraqi premier's office said.

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.