Wednesday, 10 October, 2007 , 15:31 AFP — Russia urged Turkey on Wednesday to show restraint in contemplating a cross-border incursion into Iraq against Kurdish separatists, warning such a move could undermine security in the region.

Wednesday, 10 October, 2007 , 15:21 AFP — Turkish police have arrested 20 Kurdish militants for allegedly planning fresh unrest in the volatile southeast on orders from rebel commanders based in Iraq, officials said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 10 October, 2007 , 13:39 AFP — The Turkish government is drafting a motion to seek parliamentary approval for a possible incursion into northern Iraq against Kurdish rebel bases, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 10 October, 2007 , 12:39 AFP — Turkey's threat to raid Kurdish rebel bases in Iraq is a victory for the country's powerful military, which has been straining at the leash to pursue anti-rebel operations over the border, analysts say.

Tuesday, 9 October, 2007 , 18:31 AFP — The United States Tuesday warned Turkey against a unilateral incursion into Iraq in pursuit of separatist ethnic Kurds, after Ankara said it would authorize such an operation if it deemed necessary.

Tuesday, 9 October, 2007 , 17:17 AFP — Turkey on Tuesday threatened a military incursion in northern Iraq as part of stepped up measures against Kurdish rebel bases there following the deaths of 15 soldiers in weekend attacks.

Monday, 8 October, 2007 , 07:56 AFP — Kurd separatist rebels killed a Turkish soldier early Monday only hours after 13 others were killed in fighting near the Iraq border, authorities said.

Sunday, 7 October, 2007 , 18:31 AFP — Thirteen Turkish soldiers were killed Sunday in an attack by Kurdish rebels from the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the southeast of the country, the army said in a statement.

Sunday, 7 October, 2007 , 14:01 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish regional government on Sunday defended its adoption of an energy law and the clinching of global deals, saying the moves were aimed at making oil "work for the people of Iraq."

Saturday, 6 October, 2007 , 13:32 AFP — More buffer zones designed to prevent Kurdish rebels crossing over the border to and from Iraq have been established in southeastern Turkey, the Turkish military said Saturday.