Sunday, 24 February, 2008 , 16:37 AFP — The Turkish army Sunday warned Iraqi Kurds not to shelter Kurdish rebels fleeing its military offensive in northern Iraq, as Baghdad labelled the incursion a "threat" to its sovereignty.

Sunday, 24 February, 2008 , 16:36 AFP — Militant Kurdish groups Sunday called on Kurds in Turkey and Europe to unleash urban violence following a Turkish offensive on rebel camps in northern Iraq, a news agency close to the militants reported.

Sunday, 24 February, 2008 , 14:39 AFP — The Turkish military urged Iraqi Kurds Sunday to deny protection and shelter to Kurdish rebels fleeing a major Turkish offensive in northern Iraq.

Sunday, 24 February, 2008 , 14:28 AFP — The Turkish army said Sunday that one of its helicopters had been "destroyed" during the ngoing cross-border offensive against Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq.

Sunday, 24 February, 2008 , 14:22 AFP — Eight Turkish soldiers and 33 Kurdish rebels were killed in fighting Sunday in northern Iraq, the Turkish military said.

Sunday, 24 February, 2008 , 14:11 AFP — Fighting intensified Sunday between Turkish troops and Kurdish rebels holed up in the Hakurk region of the rugged mountains of Iraq along the Turkish border, local security sources told AFP.

Sunday, 24 February, 2008 , 12:31 AFP — Fighting intensified Sunday between Turkish troops and Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, amid US calls for Turkey to wrap up its military incursion in the region as swiftly as possible.

Sunday, 24 February, 2008 , 12:29 AFP — Iraqi Kurds on Sunday blamed Baghdad's ally Washington for backing Turkish assaults against Kurdish guerrillas holed up in the mountainous border region of northern Iraq.

Sunday, 24 February, 2008 , 11:51 AFP — As fighting rages across the nearby Turkish-Iraqi border between a Turkish expeditionary force and rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Kurds in this Turkish town at the heart of the conflict say they are fed up with the violence and long to lead "normal" lives.

Sunday, 24 February, 2008 , 11:23 AFP — Kurdish rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said on Sunday they had shot down a Turkish helicopter in a border region of northern Iraq.