Friday, 26 October, 2007 , 16:24 AFP — As Ankara mulls possible economic sanctions against Baghdad for harbouring armed Kurdish rebels, people in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast warn that such a move will drive them to starvation and fan insurgency in their impoverished region.
Friday, 26 October, 2007 , 14:07 AFP — Crisis talks between Iraqi and Turkish ministers over threats of a Turkish strike on northern Iraq resumed Friday afternoon, an Iraqi embassy source here said.
Friday, 26 October, 2007 , 12:12 AFP — Iraq's Kurds, not Baghdad, hold the key to defusing the crisis over the Kurdish armed revolt against Turkey as the two states try to find a formula to avert a military strike, analysts and MPs said.
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.
