Monday, 5 November, 2007 , 19:14 AFP — Hundreds of ethnic Kurds called Monday on US President George W. Bush to press visiting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan not to launch military operations in northern Iraq to track down Kurdish rebels.

Monday, 5 November, 2007 , 17:18 AFP — Turkish truck drivers, resting up after a long drive to ferry vast quantities of goods to northern Iraq, begged Ankara on Monday not to impose economic sanctions, saying it would hurt them more than the Kurds.

Monday, 5 November, 2007 , 16:30 AFP — Turkey on Monday accused the country's main Kurdish party of having links with separatist rebels after its lawmakers took part in the release of eight Turkish soldiers held captive in northern Iraq.

Monday, 5 November, 2007 , 16:08 AFP — Baghdad said on Monday it was doing its best to "eliminate" the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels accused of launching cross-border attacks on the Turkish military from inside northern Iraq.

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.