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.
Monday, 3 March, 2008 , 16:15 AFP — Turkey will launch further strikes on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq if need be, army chief Yasar Buyukanit said Monday, rejecting suggestions that last week's incursion was cut short by US pressure.
Sunday, 2 March, 2008 , 19:03 AFP — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday called upon Iraq and Turkey to jointly cooperate with his government in the fight against Kurdish rebels.
Sunday, 2 March, 2008 , 15:15 AFP — Turkish troops withdrew from northern Iraq on schedule, President Abdullah Gul said Sunday, rejecting claims that US pressure had ended Ankara's ground offensive against Kurdish rebels.
