Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 , 17:46 AFP — Threats by Islamists followed by a car bomb that wounded her brother forced Lina Behnan and her family to seek haven in Iraq's Kurdish region along with thousands of their Christian compatriots.

Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 , 17:46 AFP — Turkish troops fought Kurdish rebels near the Iraqi border on Tuesday in clashes that left four soldiers dead as Turkey reportedly hit Kurdish targets inside northern Iraq.

Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 , 17:46 AFP — Four soldiers, one of them an officer, were killed in fighting with Kurdish rebels Tuesday in southeast Turkey close to the Iraqi border, the Turkish army said in a statement.

Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 , 17:46 AFP — Turkish warplanes bombed three Iraqi villages near the border town of Zakho in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Tuesday but caused no casualties, a security official said.

Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 , 17:46 AFP — Four Turkish soldiers were killed in fighting with Kurdish rebels Tuesday in the country's restive southeast close to the Iraqi border, security sources here said.

Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 , 17:46 AFP — The Turkish military has clamped a news blackout on the upcoming court martial of eight soldiers held captive for two weeks by Kurdish rebels following an ambush last month near the Iraqi border.

Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 , 17:46 AFP — Turkish warplanes on Tuesday pounded a suspected Kurdish rebel position a few kilometres (miles) inside Iraqi territory, TV news channels here reported.

Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 , 17:46 AFP — Separatist Kurdish rebels kidnapped seven people, two of them pro-government "village guard" militiamen, in eastern Turkey near the Iranian border, media reports said Monday.

Sunday, 11 November, 2007 , 09:00 AFP — Thousands of Kurdish guerrillas have crossed the border into Iran to escape a threatened Turkish offensive against their mountain redoubts in northern Iraq, a former rebel leader said.

Saturday, 10 November, 2007 , 20:17 AFP — Thousands of Turks protested in two German cities Saturday against the the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), whose activites have heightened tensions between Ankara and Baghdad.