Monday, 24 September, 2007 , 06:44 AFP — Kurdish separatists derailed a freight train in an attack in eastern Turkey that wounded four engineers, a security source said Monday.

Sunday, 23 September, 2007 , 08:04 AFP — Iran has confirmed for the first time it has been firing artillery shells on camps of Kurdish militants inside northern Iraq, saying the local authorities had not listened to its warnings.

Saturday, 22 September, 2007 , 10:21 AFP — Nine Kurdish rebels have been killed in two separate clashes with the army in Turkey's restive southeast, the military said Saturday.

Friday, 21 September, 2007 , 12:04 AFP — The government of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region demanded the immediate release on Friday of an Iranian arrested by US troops in a raid that sparked a new row between Washington and Tehran.

Thursday, 20 September, 2007 , 06:41 AFP — Turkish soldiers killed five separatist Kurdish rebels in the restive southeast, near the border with Iraq, security sources said Thursday.

Wednesday, 19 September, 2007 , 06:42 AFP — Separatist Kurdish rebels opened fire overnight on a paramilitary police station in southeastern Turkey, killing a soldier and leaving another injured, Anatolia news agency reported Wednesday.

Sunday, 16 September, 2007 , 15:21 AFP — A Kurdish rebel was killed and two were wounded during fighting with security forces in the restive southeastern Turkish province of Anatolia, the domestic news agency reported Sunday.

Saturday, 15 September, 2007 , 13:31 AFP — The movement of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Saturday it would withdraw from the Shiite bloc that leads the Iraqi government, in a new blow to the faltering political process.

Sunday, 9 September, 2007 , 15:54 AFP — Dutch authorities have arrested a member of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) wanted in France for allegedly financing and organising the group's activities, prosecutors said Sunday.

Friday, 7 September, 2007 , 14:04 AFP — The Turkish army Friday said it had extended the duration of three high-security zones in the country's southeast by three months as part of measures to fight Kurdish separatist rebels.