Monday, 17 December, 2007 , 12:17 AFP — Iraq's parliament on Monday strongly condemned Turkish air strikes inside northern Iraq, saying it was a "cruel attack" on Iraq's sovereignty.

Monday, 17 December, 2007 , 11:49 AFP — Turkey's bombardment of suspected PKK rebel rear-bases inside northern Iraq drew a furious response Monday from the Iraqi government and villagers hit by the air strikes.

Monday, 17 December, 2007 , 11:16 AFP — Turkey's bombardment of suspected PKK rebel rear-bases inside northern Iraq drew a furious response Monday from the Iraqi government and villagers hit by the air strikes.

Monday, 17 December, 2007 , 10:41 AFP — Kurdish PKK military chief Murat Karayilan might have been the target of the Turkish air strikes against the organisation in northeast Iraq, reports in Turkish newspapers suggested Monday.

Sunday, 9 December, 2007 , 18:04 AFP — The prime minister of Iraq's autonomous northern Kurdish region said Sunday he will travel to Baghdad in a bid to resolve a dispute over his administration's controversial foreign oil deals.

Sunday, 9 December, 2007 , 13:00 AFP — Turkish police fired tear gas and used water cannons Sunday to break up protests in Istanbul by supporters of a Kurdish separatist group whose leader is serving a life term for treason.

Sunday, 9 December, 2007 , 10:17 AFP — Turkey is considering amnesty for Kurdish rebels whose separatist drive has claimed more than 37,000 lives since 1984, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying Sunday.

Thursday, 6 December, 2007 , 13:48 AFP — Insurgents attacked a security outpost north of Baghdad on Thursday and killed at least eight Kurdish peshmerga guards, Jabbar Yawar, head of peshmerga forces, told AFP.

Wednesday, 5 December, 2007 , 21:24 AFP — Eight Kurdish militants were killed in a military offensive against a rebel hideout in southeast Turkey near the Iraqi border Wednesday, the Turkish army said.

Wednesday, 5 December, 2007 , 08:58 AFP — Iraq's Shiites have turned on their Kurdish allies over the stormy issue of oil contracts with foreign companies, joining a furious Oil Minister Hussein Shahristani in declaring them invalid.