Sunday, 21 October, 2007 , 15:12 AFP — Thirty-two Kurdish rebels and 12 Turkish soldiers were killed Sunday in heavy clashes in southeast Turkey prompted by a rebel attack on a military patrol, the Turkish army said Sunday.

Sunday, 21 October, 2007 , 14:19 AFP — Iraq's president said on Sunday that Baghdad could not deliver Kurdish rebel leaders to Turkey, as the crisis over the Iraq-based fighters intensified with the killing of 12 Turkish soldiers.

Sunday, 21 October, 2007 , 13:45 AFP — Nearly 1,000 people took to the streets here Sunday in an impromptu demonstration to protest against mounting violence by separatist Kurdish rebels after fighting in the country's southeast left 35 people dead.

Thursday, 18 October, 2007 , 14:02 AFP — Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh, in a rare appearance at the White House, Thursday urged Turkey not to carry out a possible military strike at Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.

Thursday, 18 October, 2007 , 13:28 AFP — Thousands of Iraqi Kurds rallied in two Kurdish cities on Thursday, holding aloft red, white and green flags of Kurdistan that are banned in Turkey and calling for international support.

Thursday, 18 October, 2007 , 13:22 AFP — Kuwait urged Turkey on Thursday to exercise utmost restraint after the Turkish parliament authorised a military incursion into northern Iraq.

Thursday, 18 October, 2007 , 12:38 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish administration called on Thursday for direct negotiations with Ankara as thousands of fearful Iraqi Kurds took to the streets to protest against the Turkish military threat.

Thursday, 18 October, 2007 , 11:09 AFP — Any Turkish army operations against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq are likely to be low-level raids yielding more psychological benefits than military ones, analysts here agreed Thursday.

Thursday, 18 October, 2007 , 10:55 AFP — Turkey wants to give diplomacy a chance in its escalating crisis with Iraq-based Kurdish rebels but insists on its right to fight "terrorism," Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said on Thursday.

Thursday, 18 October, 2007 , 10:14 AFP — Turkey has strengthened its hand against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq by securing parliamentary approval for cross-border military action, but the government faced calls Thursday to avoid action that causes international reprobation.