Friday, 11 January, 2008 , 10:27 AFP — The Turkish army on Friday pounded areas across the border in northern Iraq with artillery fire, continuing its assaults on suspected rebel positions, a Kurdish border guard official said.

Friday, 11 January, 2008 , 09:55 AFP — The Turkish army on Friday pounded areas across the border in northern Iraq with artillery fire, continuing its assaults on suspected rebel positions, a spokesman for the Kurdish border guard said.

Thursday, 10 January, 2008 , 15:16 AFP — The main suspect in a probe over a deadly car bomb blast in Turkey's main Kurdish city has confessed to carrying out the attack on orders from the separatist PKK group, police and judicial officials said Thursday.

Wednesday, 9 January, 2008 , 19:32 AFP — The main Sunni insurgent coalition in Iraq on Wednesday said it would seek reprisals against Norway if it expels Mullah Krekar, the founder of the radical Islamist group Ansar al-Islam.

Wednesday, 9 January, 2008 , 14:36 AFP — Turkey has detained two more people with suspected links to Kurdish rebels after a deadly car bomb attack, bringing to nine the number of suspects in custody, judicial officials said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 9 January, 2008 , 11:37 AFP — Turkey's Constitutional Court on Wednesday gave the country's main Kurdish party extra time to prepare its defence against charges of alleged links with separatist rebels, a party lawyer said.

Wednesday, 9 January, 2008 , 01:31 AFP — Turkish President Abdullah Gul indicated Tuesday that his country cannot, by itself, forge a "political solution" ending two decades of attacks by Kurdish rebels based in nearby northern Iraq.

Tuesday, 8 January, 2008 , 22:16 AFP — The United States on Tuesday vowed to help Turkey battle Kurdish fighters based in Iraq, but urged its NATO ally to work with Baghdad on a "long-term political solution" to end the 20-year conflict.

Tuesday, 8 January, 2008 , 17:23 AFP — US President George W. Bush and visiting Turkish President Abdullah Gul vowed Tuesday to keep working together to confront outlawed Iraq-based Kurdish rebels that they branded a "common enemy."

Tuesday, 8 January, 2008 , 16:45 AFP — Turkish police questioned Tuesday a suspected member of the Kurdish separatist PKK over a deadly car bomb here last week, officials and reports said, as the group apologised for the attack.