Thursday, 15 November, 2007 , 21:06 AFP — Turkey is preparing for a military strike against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, a senior general said Thursday, but gave no details on the timing or scale of such an operation.

Thursday, 15 November, 2007 , 11:31 AFP — Iraq warned on Thursday that foreign oil companies which signed deals with the autonomous Kurdish regional government will be barred from doing business in the country and from exporting oil.

Thursday, 15 November, 2007 , 10:13 AFP — Iraq said on Thursday that foreign oil companies which signed deals with the autonomous Kurdish regional government will be barred from doing business in the country and from exporting oil.

Thursday, 15 November, 2007 , 05:13 AFP — Nervous Iraqi Kurds in the impoverished village of Khizava along the border with Turkey are awaiting a Turkish attack on Kurdish rebels, although many believe the guerrillas will prove elusive.

Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 , 21:15 AFP — Turkey's prime minister and air force chief denied Wednesday that Turkish warplanes had conducted raids in northern Iraq against separatist Kurdish rebels.

Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 , 17:46 AFP — Turkey said Wednesday that the United States had begun to share intelligence on Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq, and reaffirmed its readiness for cross-border military strikes if necessary.

Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 , 17:46 AFP — Iraqi President Jalal Talabani ruled out a Turkish "invasion" of his country and said the cross-border crisis over Kurdish rebels was easing, in an interview published on Wednesday.

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.