Saturday, 1 December, 2007 , 16:21 AFP — The Kurdistan Workers' Party, whose guerrillas the Turkish army said Saturday it attacked in northern Iraq with airstrikes and artillery, has been waging an armed nationalist campaign for 23 years.

Saturday, 1 December, 2007 , 14:31 AFP — Four people were hurt when a percussion grenade exploded on Saturday in the city of Sanandaj, capital of Iran's restive western Kordestan province, the Fars news agency reported.

Saturday, 1 December, 2007 , 14:11 AFP — The Turkish army said it inflicted "heavy losses" on a group of around 50 members of the Kurdish separatist movement PKK in northern Iraq on Saturday.

Friday, 30 November, 2007 , 19:45 AFP — Seven people who were kidnapped by Kurdish rebels in eastern Turkey in early November returned home from Iran on Friday, the Turkish interior ministry said.

Friday, 30 November, 2007 , 14:14 AFP — The Turkish government authorised the army this week to carry out a cross-border strike against Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday.

Thursday, 29 November, 2007 , 11:38 AFP — Mullah Krekar, the founder of radical Islamist group Ansar al-Islam, has warned there will be "reactions" against Norway if it goes ahead with a court ruling to expel him, NRK television reported Thursday.

Thursday, 29 November, 2007 , 11:10 AFP — Germany has extradited to Turkey two separatist Kurdish militants wanted for deadly attacks against civilians and security forces, the Turkish justice ministry said in a statement Thursday.

Monday, 26 November, 2007 , 12:43 AFP — At least 27 women have died in so-called "honour killings" over the past four months in northern Kurdish Iraq, an official from the regional government said Monday.

Monday, 26 November, 2007 , 07:36 AFP — The autonomous Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq defied Baghdad on Monday, vowing to sign more contracts with international oil firms despite the national government's opposition.

Sunday, 25 November, 2007 , 15:40 AFP — Turkish police on Sunday used tear gas to disperse hundreds of Kurds demonstrating here in favour of separatist rebels fighting the government, an AFP correspondent said.