Monday, 25 February, 2008 , 18:01 AFP — Thousands demonstrated in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast on Monday against a major cross-border ground offensive in northern Iraq to hunt separatist rebels.

Monday, 25 February, 2008 , 17:07 AFP — The Turkish army said it had killed 41 more Kurdish rebels Monday in its cross-border offensive in northern Iraq as the United States renewed calls for restraint and a swift withdrawal.

Monday, 25 February, 2008 , 16:14 AFP — The Turkish army said 41 Kurdish rebels and two Turkish soldiers were killed in fighting Monday, making the overall toll from its operations in northern Iraq since Thursday 153 rebels and 17 troops dead.

Monday, 25 February, 2008 , 16:01 AFP — The White House hopes Turkey's incursion into northern Iraq to target Kurdish separatists will be short-lived and will not harm civilians, a spokeswoman said Monday.

Monday, 25 February, 2008 , 12:53 AFP — Turkish fighter jets pounded Kurdish rebel positions Monday in northern Iraq, as troops pressed on with a cross-border offensive despite Iraqi and US calls for a quick withdrawal.

Monday, 25 February, 2008 , 11:52 AFP — Turkish President Abdullah Gul has postponed a planned four-day trip to Africa this week due a Turkish cross-border incursion against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, a spokesman said Monday.

Monday, 25 February, 2008 , 10:52 AFP — Turkish fighter jets pounded Kurdish rebel positions for the fifth day running Monday in the mountainous Hakurk region of northern Iraq, security sources here told AFP.

Sunday, 24 February, 2008 , 20:58 AFP — The Iraqi government pushed Ankara on Sunday to withdraw its troops from northern Iraq, after the Turkish army warned Iraqi Kurds not to shelter Kurdish rebels fleeing its offensive in the region.

Sunday, 24 February, 2008 , 18:06 AFP — It can take up to three days for lorries to crawl through the queue which snakes back from Turkey's only functioning border post with Iraq at Habur.

Sunday, 24 February, 2008 , 16:41 AFP — Iraq on Sunday urged Turkey to withdraw its troops from the country's northern Kurdish region "as soon as possible," saying that Ankara's military operation was a "threat" to Iraq's sovereignty.