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.

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.