Wednesday, 31 October, 2007 , 11:47 AFP — The Turkish army Wednesday said it had killed 15 Kurdish rebels in clashes near the Iraqi border.
Wednesday, 31 October, 2007 , 11:32 AFP — It is late in the evening and the aroma of hot tea fills the air as a restaurant in Arbil's Al-Iskan street serves dozens of customers happily chatting late into the night despite Turkey's threat of an incursion into northern Iraq.
Wednesday, 31 October, 2007 , 08:49 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused a top Iraqi Kurd leader of "harbouring" terrorists and said his cabinet would on Wednesday discuss economic sanctions against Iraqi Kurdistan.
Tuesday, 30 October, 2007 , 20:19 AFP — US President George W. Bush meets November 5 with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, amid mounting US efforts to forestall a Turkish incursion into Iraq to crush Kurdish separatist rebels.
Tuesday, 30 October, 2007 , 18:01 AFP — The Turkish army pounded Kurdish rebels near the Iraqi border Tuesday as Ankara warned that ties with Washington would suffer as long as the separatists in northern Iraq are not reined in.
Tuesday, 30 October, 2007 , 17:45 AFP — UN chief Ban Ki-moon is to travel to Turkey this weekend to attend a ministerial meeting of countries neighboring Iraq, a UN spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Tuesday, 30 October, 2007 , 17:03 AFP — UN chief Ban Ki-moon is to travel to Turkey this weekend to attend a ministerial meeting of countries neighboring Iraq, a UN spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Tuesday, 30 October, 2007 , 12:15 AFP — Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is to visit Baghdad on Wednesday, amid growing tensions over Turkish warnings of an incursion against Kurdish militants in north Iraq, media reported on Tuesday.
Tuesday, 30 October, 2007 , 12:06 AFP — Iraqi Kurds on Tuesday blamed the Turkish military for the failure of talks between Baghdad and Ankara over Kurdish rebels and urged fresh dialogue to end their uprising.
Tuesday, 30 October, 2007 , 11:37 AFP — Turkey called on the United States Tuesday to take "urgent" measures against Kurdish rebels based in Iraq and said the future of bilateral ties depended on Washington's stance on the issue.
