Friday, 26 October, 2007 , 12:06 AFP — In the tiny villages of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, Turkey has become the latest nightmare for residents, filling the vacuum left by the ousting and execution of Iraq's long-term dictator.
Friday, 26 October, 2007 , 11:58 AFP — Crisis talks Friday between Iraqi and Turkish ministers over the presence of rebel Kurd bases in northern Iraq produced "positive" results, Iraqi defence ministry spokesman Muhammed Askeri said.
Friday, 26 October, 2007 , 10:32 AFP — Iraqi ministers held crisis talks here Friday seeking to persuade an increasingly impatient Turkey against launching military strikes against rebel Kurd bases in northern Iraq.
Friday, 26 October, 2007 , 09:20 AFP — Talks here between Turkish and Iraqi ministers to avert military action by Ankara in northern Iraq were interrupted after an hour and a half and it was not immediately known if and when they would resume, an Iraqi embassy official said.
Friday, 26 October, 2007 , 08:46 AFP — Iraqi ministers held crisis talks here Friday seeking to persuade an increasingly impatient Turkey against launching military strikes against rebel Kurd bases in northern Iraq.
Friday, 26 October, 2007 , 07:54 AFP — Crucial Turkish-Iraqi talks to avert a military operation by Ankara against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq began Friday at the foreign ministry here.
Thursday, 25 October, 2007 , 19:52 AFP — Turkish leaders lent extra weight Thursday to their threat of a military incursion against Kurdish separatists holed up in northern Iraq, as an Iraqi delegation arrived in Ankara for crisis talks.
Thursday, 25 October, 2007 , 19:38 AFP — Iraqi Defence Minister Abdel Qader Mohammed Jassim said here Thursday that Baghdad would make "concrete proposals" to Ankara to curb Kurdish rebels taking refuge in northern Iraq, Anatolia news agency reported.
Thursday, 25 October, 2007 , 17:10 AFP — An Iraqi delegation led by Defence Minister Abdel Qader Mohammed Jassim arrived in Ankara on Thursday seeking to avert a Turkish incursion against Kurd rebels in northern Iraq, Iraqi sources said.
Thursday, 25 October, 2007 , 16:04 AFP — Kurds in the southeastern Turkish town of Cizre, close to the Iraqi border, fear their region could be drawn into conflict and economic ruin if Turkey sends its troops into Iraq to hunt down Kurdish rebels.