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Kurdish officer says Iraqi insurgents kill 8 guards


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.

Eight Kurdish rebels killed in Turkish military operation: army


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.

Iraq Shiites turn on Kurdish allies over oil spat


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.

Six Kurdish rebels, soldier killed in Turkey clash: army


Tuesday, 4 December, 2007 , 15:46 AFP Six Kurdish rebels and a soldier were killed Tuesday in fighting in southeastern Turkey near the Iraqi border, the Turkish military said.

Kurdish rebel leader's former lawyers risk jail in Turkey: report


Tuesday, 4 December, 2007 , 11:48 AFP Two former lawyers for jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan face up to 15 years in prison on charges of belonging to the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a report said Tuesday.

Arabs and Kurds reach accord in Iraq's Kirkuk


Monday, 3 December, 2007 , 14:29 AFP Arab and Kurdish parties in Iraq's oil city of Kirkuk have clinched a deal under which Arabs will end their boycott of the provincial council in return for a more equal sharing of power, an official said on Monday.

Kurd rebel commander acknowledges Turkish strike


Sunday, 2 December, 2007 , 15:53 AFP A leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) acknowledged on Sunday that rebel fighters had come under attack by Turkish helicopters inside Iraq but insisted they had suffered no casualties.

PKK leader acknowledges Turkey strike


Sunday, 2 December, 2007 , 12:09 AFP A leader of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party on Sunday acknowledged the Turkish military's attack on the group's bases inside Iraq after initially denying it, but said there had been no casualties.

US withholds comment on reported Turkish attack inside Iraq


Saturday, 1 December, 2007 , 20:09 AFP The White House withheld comment Saturday on reports that Turkey had undertaken military operations against the armed Kurdish separatist movement PKK in northern Iraq.

Turkey attacks PKK rebels in northern Iraq: army


Saturday, 1 December, 2007 , 18:43 AFP Turkey made good on its threat to strike Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq Saturday, saying it inflicted "heavy losses" on the armed separatist movement PKK with cross-border airstrikes and artillery.