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.

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.

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.

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.

Saturday, 1 December, 2007 , 18:09 AFP — Here are the key developments since Turkey threatened military action against the bases of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq.

Saturday, 1 December, 2007 , 17:37 AFP — The US military in Baghdad said on Saturday it had no reports of Turkish military operations in northern Iraq.

Saturday, 1 December, 2007 , 17:07 AFP — A senior leader of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Saturday denied claims by the Turkish army that it had attacked the guerrillas in northern Iraq with air strikes and artillery.

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.