Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 , 17:46 AFP — Turkish warplanes bombed three Iraqi villages near the border town of Zakho in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Tuesday but caused no casualties, a security official said.

Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 , 17:46 AFP — Four Turkish soldiers were killed in fighting with Kurdish rebels Tuesday in the country's restive southeast close to the Iraqi border, security sources here said.

Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 , 17:46 AFP — The Turkish military has clamped a news blackout on the upcoming court martial of eight soldiers held captive for two weeks by Kurdish rebels following an ambush last month near the Iraqi border.

Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 , 17:46 AFP — Turkish warplanes on Tuesday pounded a suspected Kurdish rebel position a few kilometres (miles) inside Iraqi territory, TV news channels here reported.

Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 , 17:46 AFP — Separatist Kurdish rebels kidnapped seven people, two of them pro-government "village guard" militiamen, in eastern Turkey near the Iranian border, media reports said Monday.

Sunday, 11 November, 2007 , 09:00 AFP — Thousands of Kurdish guerrillas have crossed the border into Iran to escape a threatened Turkish offensive against their mountain redoubts in northern Iraq, a former rebel leader said.

Saturday, 10 November, 2007 , 20:17 AFP — Thousands of Turks protested in two German cities Saturday against the the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), whose activites have heightened tensions between Ankara and Baghdad.

Saturday, 10 November, 2007 , 17:50 AFP — Turkey is denying urgent medical treatment to jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, his brother charged on Saturday warning that suicide bombers would strike Turkish cities if he dies in prison.

Saturday, 10 November, 2007 , 11:23 AFP — Turkey's army chief has said it was "never too late" to launch broad operations against Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq, a newspaper reported Saturday.

Saturday, 10 November, 2007 , 05:22 AFP — Arbil, the capital of Iraq's northern Kurdish region, has been spared the kinds of attacks that have bloodied the rest of the country thanks to a deep ditch, vigilant police and nosy citizens.