Saturday, 24 November, 2007 , 12:56 AFP — Several leading Kurdish writers are being threatened by rebels for criticising their violent campaign in southeast Turkey, they said in remarks published Saturday.

Saturday, 24 November, 2007 , 11:32 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a strong appeal Saturday for expanding the democratic rights of the Kurdish community to erode support for separatism and finish off rebels.

Saturday, 24 November, 2007 , 09:14 AFP — Iraq's oil ministry has declared all crude contracts signed by the Kurdish regional authorities with foreign companies null and void, a government official said on Saturday.

Friday, 23 November, 2007 , 11:59 AFP — Turkey's Constitutional Court has found no procedural flaws in an indictment seeking to ban the country's main Kurdish party and will pursue the case, a senior court official said Friday.

Thursday, 22 November, 2007 , 17:31 AFP — Around 1,500 people Thursday staged a protest in Iraq's northern Kurdish region demanding that death sentences imposed on "Chemical Ali" and two other cohorts of Saddam Hussein for the slaughter of ethnic Kurds be carried out.

Wednesday, 21 November, 2007 , 13:05 AFP — Turkey's President Abdullah Gul praised Iraqi Kurds on Wednesday for taking steps against Kurdish rebels based in their autonomous region but warned it retained the option of a military strike, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Wednesday, 21 November, 2007 , 11:15 AFP — The Iraqi Kurds brushed off on Wednesday threats by the central government in Baghdad to blacklist oil firms which sign contracts with the Kurdish regional government ahead of a new national oil law.

Wednesday, 21 November, 2007 , 05:36 AFP — Driven from their homes in 1987 by Saddam Hussein because they were Kurds, the Fakeh and Nasser families have now returned to the northeastern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

Tuesday, 20 November, 2007 , 15:41 AFP — Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan warned Tuesday that his country was still prepared to launch military action against rebel Kurds based in nothern Iraq if need arose.

Monday, 19 November, 2007 , 05:08 AFP — Iranian Kurds living in a sprawling refugee camp in Kurdish northern Iraq dream of returning home, voicing hope that the United States will use its might to overthrow the Tehran regime and make that wish come true.