Friday, 7 March, 2008 , 21:01 AFP — The leaders of Iraq and Turkey pledged Friday to take measures against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq during talks to soothe tensions following a Turkish cross-border offensive against the militants.
Thursday, 6 March, 2008 , 19:10 AFP — The United States said Thursday it was closely watching Turkey's campaign against separatist Kurdish fighters based in Iraq and firmly backed its ally's refusal to negotiate with the rebels.
Thursday, 6 March, 2008 , 14:26 AFP — Kurdish protestors and police clashed in eastern Turkey leaving one demonstrator dead and 14 police injured, police and media reports said Thursday, amid contradictory accounts of the death.
Thursday, 6 March, 2008 , 12:14 AFP — The Council of Europe's anti-torture body urged Turkey Thursday to end the solitary confinement of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, highlighting the threat to his mental health.
Thursday, 6 March, 2008 , 10:56 AFP — The Council of Europe's anti-torture committee Thursday urged Turkey to end the solitary confinement of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan highlighting the threat to his mental health.
Thursday, 6 March, 2008 , 09:44 AFP — "I'm a fighter on the inside, my priority is to defend Kurdistan," said a female college student in Dohuk, a mountainous snowbound town in far northern Iraq near the border with Turkey.
Wednesday, 5 March, 2008 , 16:08 AFP — A Kurdish academic who served as Iraqi labour minister in the 1970s was gunned down near the disputed northern oil city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, police said.
Wednesday, 5 March, 2008 , 15:42 AFP — Turkish warplanes and artillery fired on targets inside the Kurdish region of northern Iraq on Wednesday, a spokesman for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said.
Wednesday, 5 March, 2008 , 14:30 AFP — Turkish warplanes and artillery fired on targets inside the Kurdish region of northern Iraq on Wednesday, a spokesman for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said.
Wednesday, 5 March, 2008 , 09:29 AFP — The Turkish army has hit back at criticism from opposition parties over a week-long offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq amid a row that the operation was ended too quickly under US pressure.
