Monday, 4 February, 2008 , 12:37 AFP — Turkish warplanes on Monday bombarded three Kurdish settlements in a mountainous area of northern Iraq known as a refuge for rebel Kurds, rebel and Iraqi military officials said.

Monday, 4 February, 2008 , 12:24 AFP — A Syrian court has sentenced four Kurds to prison terms of up to 10 years on charges of seeking to annex parts of the country to a separate state, a human rights group said on Monday.

Sunday, 3 February, 2008 , 19:29 AFP — Turkish troops killed 10 separatist Kurdish rebels on Sunday in the eastern province of Bingol, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Saturday, 2 February, 2008 , 18:17 AFP — Eight Turkish soldiers being court-martialled for insubordination after being held hostage by Kurdish rebels for two weeks were freed Saturday pending a verdict, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Friday, 1 February, 2008 , 12:09 AFP — Eight Turkish soldiers captured and held hostage by Kurdish rebels for two weeks appeared before a military court Friday on charges of insubordination, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Tuesday, 29 January, 2008 , 10:13 AFP — Iran is probing the death of a Kurdish student who the authorities said committed suicide under detention in the northwestern city of Sanandaj, the judiciary said on Tuesday.

Tuesday, 29 January, 2008 , 05:25 AFP — Iraq has stopped crude oil exports to South Korea in protest at an exploration deal involving Korean firms in Iraqi Kurdistan, officials said Tuesday.

Sunday, 27 January, 2008 , 20:18 AFP — The Turkish military said its warplanes bombed Kurdish rebel targets in neighbouring northern Iraq Tuesday.

Monday, 21 January, 2008 , 11:55 AFP — A Turkish court Monday charged three more suspects in connection with a deadly car bomb attack here earlier this month, judicial officials said.

Friday, 18 January, 2008 , 14:35 AFP — The death toll from a car bomb attack in Turkey's largest Kurdish-majority city this month climbed to seven on Friday as a teenager died from his injuries in hospital, his school said.