Wednesday, 24 October, 2007 , 19:27 AFP — The United States urged Iraq Wednesday to follow-through on a new promise to shut the offices of Kurdish rebels battling Turkish forces, noting that Baghdad made the same vow 13 months ago.

Wednesday, 24 October, 2007 , 18:49 AFP — Turkish strikes against Kurdish rebels on its border with Iraq made little sense without "good intelligence", said US Defense Secretary Robert Gates Wednesday.

Wednesday, 24 October, 2007 , 18:39 AFP — Turkey's National Security Council on Wednesday called on the government to apply economic sanctions against the Iraqi Kurds, who are accused of supporting Kurdish separatist fighters in northern Iraq.

Wednesday, 24 October, 2007 , 18:01 AFP — Cyprus protested to Britain on Wednesday over a partnership deal struck with Turkey that envisages high-level contacts with the breakaway north of the divided island to help end Turkish Cypriot isolation.

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.