Monday, 5 November, 2007 , 16:04 AFP — President George W. Bush was set Monday to urge Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan against going after Kurdish rebels in Iraq, fearing a fallout on a volatile mix of US interests.
Wednesday, 31 October, 2007 , 14:50 AFP — The Turkish army Wednesday said it killed 15 Kurdish separatists near the Iraqi border as the government here discussed possible economic sanctions against Iraq's autonomous Kurdish administration.
Wednesday, 31 October, 2007 , 12:49 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday urged Tehran to help defuse the crisis with Turkey over Kurdish rebels and called for Iran's support at a conference on Iraq this week.
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.
