Wednesday, 24 October, 2007 , 17:58 AFP — NATO expressed solidarity with Turkey on Wednesday against Kurdish rebel attacks and said Ankara was showing "remarkable restraint" in the circumstances.

Wednesday, 24 October, 2007 , 17:21 AFP — Iraqi President Jalal Talabani denied on Wednesday Turkish reports that he had offered to extradite leaders of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) based inside Iraq.

Wednesday, 24 October, 2007 , 14:46 AFP — US officials Wednesday warned against escalating tensions between Iraq and Turkey, renewing calls for restraint by both sides as Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish rebel bases along the Iraqi border.

Wednesday, 24 October, 2007 , 14:27 AFP — Turkey's main Kurdish political party urged Kurdish rebels Wednesday to release eight Turkish soldiers they say they are holding and offered to mediate their safe return.

Wednesday, 24 October, 2007 , 14:08 AFP — Turkish warplanes Wednesday bombed Kurdish rebel targets along the Iraqi border in southeast Turkey, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

Wednesday, 24 October, 2007 , 13:51 AFP — The White House on Wednesday urged restraint from Turkey as its forces took aim at Kurdish rebels operating in neighbor Iraq, warning of "escalating tensions" between Baghdad and Ankara.

Wednesday, 24 October, 2007 , 08:09 AFP — The president of Iraq's northern Kurdish region on Wednesday urged the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to end its more than two-decade armed struggle against Turkey.

Wednesday, 24 October, 2007 , 07:23 AFP — Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish separatist camps in northern Iraq on Sunday shortly after an attack by the rebels killed 12 Turkish soldiers, newspapers quoted a senior minister as saying Wednesday.

Wednesday, 24 October, 2007 , 02:39 AFP — An Iraqi insurgent umbrella group has urged Turkey to refrain from attacking Kurdish rebels on Iraqi soil and find a diplomatic solution to the conflict, a US group monitoring Islamist websites said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 19:37 AFP — Iraq's prime minister ordered a crackdown Tuesday on Kurdish PKK rebels, saying Iraq will no longer tolerate the "terrorist" group on its soil, amid Turkish threats of a military incursion.