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.

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.