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.

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 18:25 AFP — The United States said Tuesday that it may provide Turkey with intelligence to help its armed forces strike Kurdish rebels based in Iraq, but downplayed talk of joint military operations.

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 17:49 AFP — The United States may provide Turkey with information enabling its armed forces to strike Kurdish rebels based in Iraq, the White House said Tuesday, downplaying talk of joint military operations.

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 16:23 AFP — A pro-Kurdish news agency close to Kurdish separatists fighting Turkey on Tuesday published what it said were pictures of eight soldiers the rebels say they took hostage in recent clashes.

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 16:13 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Tuesday ordered the closure of offices run by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), saying Iraq would no longer allow the "terrorist" group to operate on its soil.

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 16:11 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Tuesday Baghdad will shut down the offices of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and not allow the "terrorist" group to operate on Iraqi soil.

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 15:43 AFP — Amid tension along the frontier with Turkey and threats from Ankara to strike at rebel bases inside northern Iraq, Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters have turned into border guards.