Friday, 29 February, 2008 , 19:55 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that Turkey and Iraq should not allow Kurdish separatists to "poison" bilateral ties and urged Baghdad to help purge the rebels from northern Iraq.
Friday, 29 February, 2008 , 19:29 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Friday urged separatist Kurdish rebels to lay down their arms and said the Turkish democracy was "mature enough" to resolve the Kurdish conflict.
Friday, 29 February, 2008 , 15:27 AFP — Iraq's presidency has endorsed the execution for genocide of Ali Hassan al-Majid, Saddam Hussein's enforcer known to the world as "Chemical Ali," for ordering gas attacks on Kurds in the 1980s, Iraqi and US officials said on Friday.
Friday, 29 February, 2008 , 15:16 AFP — The White House on Friday called Turkey's just-completed ground incursion in northern Iraq "targeted and relatively short" and vowed sustained US support against Kurdish rebels based there.
Friday, 29 February, 2008 , 13:43 AFP — The Turkish offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq has "achieved its objective" and the troops have been withdrawn from the region, the military said Friday.
Friday, 29 February, 2008 , 12:16 AFP — Turkish forces have ended their week-old offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq and begun pulling out of the region, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Friday.
Friday, 29 February, 2008 , 09:51 AFP — Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on Friday said the Turkish incursion in northern Iraq has been going on for "too long" and must end soon.
Friday, 29 February, 2008 , 09:39 AFP — Turkey has ended its cross-border offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq and already begun withdrawing troops, the Turkish NTV news channel reported Friday.
Friday, 29 February, 2008 , 09:13 AFP — Turkey's week-old ground offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq ended at midnight, the NTV news channel reported Friday.
Friday, 29 February, 2008 , 09:05 AFP — Turkey's week-old ground incursion in northern Iraq ended at midnight, the NTV news channel reported Friday.
