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.

Sunday, 24 February, 2008 , 11:15 AFP — Fighting intensified Sunday between Turkish troops and Kurdish rebels holed up in the Hakurk region in the rugged mountains of Iraq along the Turkish border, local security sources told AFP.

Sunday, 24 February, 2008 , 10:49 AFP — The Turkish military raids against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq are not an attack on the country's sovereignty, the Iraqi government spokesman told AFP on Sunday.

Sunday, 24 February, 2008 , 10:11 AFP — The United States cautioned Turkey Sunday that military measures alone cannot resolve the Kurdish problem as separatist rebels urged urban violence in response to a major Turkish offensive against their camps in northern Iraq.