Thursday, 3 April, 2008 , 10:38 AFP — Jubilation at the ouster of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003 has in most parts of Iraq descended into nightmare. But in Arbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdish region in the north, the dream of better times ahead lives on.
Wednesday, 2 April, 2008 , 08:06 AFP — Turkish troops killed seven rebels, bringing to 16 the number of Kurdistan Workers' Party members killed in a sweep that began Monday near the border with Iraq, the general staff said Wednesday in a statement posted on its website.
Tuesday, 1 April, 2008 , 08:56 AFP — Nine Kurdish rebels and three soldiers were killed in clashes in southeastern Turkey near the Iraqi border, the Turkish military said Tuesday.
Tuesday, 1 April, 2008 , 08:21 AFP — Three Turkish soldiers were killed and four wounded in clashes with Kurdish rebels near the Iraqi border, security sources said Tuesday.
Saturday, 29 March, 2008 , 13:51 AFP — At least 15 Kurdish rebels were killed in two days of bombardment by Turkish artillery and warplanes this week in neighbouring northern Iraq, the Turkish army said Saturday.
Friday, 28 March, 2008 , 21:39 AFP — The United States on Friday condemned Syria over the deaths of three Syrian Kurds a week ago and urged the government in Damascus to open a full independent probe of the incident.
Friday, 28 March, 2008 , 17:13 AFP — Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region would be ready to accept an equitable political solution other than a referendum to the controversial issue of control of the oil-rich Kirkuk area, a senior official said on Friday.
Friday, 28 March, 2008 , 15:11 AFP — The leader of Turkey's main Kurdish party risks up to 10 years in jail on charges of evading military service with a false medical report, Anatolia news agency reported Friday.
Friday, 28 March, 2008 , 07:45 AFP — Turkey's rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has threatened to retaliate against Ankara after the violence during the New Year celebration of Newroz in southeastern Turkey.
Tuesday, 25 March, 2008 , 10:49 AFP — Japan said Tuesday it was giving residency to a Turkish Kurd, his Filipina wife and their daughter in a rare move by a country that accepts few refugees or immigrants.
