Friday, 20 July, 2007 , 17:37 AFP — Turkish security forces killed two members of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Friday in fighting in the southeast region near the Iraqi and Syrian borders, officials said.

Thursday, 19 July, 2007 , 09:55 AFP — Turkey lashed out at Austria Thursday for failing to extradite a wanted senior Kurdish rebel to Ankara and allowing him to go to Iraq instead, accusing Vienna of undermining international efforts against terrorism.

Wednesday, 18 July, 2007 , 07:07 AFP — Two Turkish soldiers were killed and six others injured when their vehicle hit a landmine planted by separatist Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey, local officials said.

Wednesday, 18 July, 2007 , 03:46 AFP — At the headquarters of Turkey's main Kurdish party, activists busily prepare election material: leaflets and posters, but also bizarre stencils and lengths of string that may help sway the outcome of the vote in the southeast.

Tuesday, 17 July, 2007 , 14:53 AFP — The Iraqi government will soon dispatch about 6,000 former Kurdish guerrillas to protect electric and oil infrastructure from insurgents attacks, a security official said on Tuesday.

Tuesday, 17 July, 2007 , 12:43 AFP — Two Turkish soldiers and a Kurdish rebel were killed in a clash in the country's restive southeast, the army said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 17 July, 2007 , 12:11 AFP — Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday announced new measures to grant citizenship to hundreds of thousands of ethnic Kurds who have hitherto been denied Syrian nationality.

Tuesday, 17 July, 2007 , 08:03 AFP — Two Turkish soldiers were killed in a clash with separatist Kurdish rebels in southeast Turkey, officials said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 17 July, 2007 , 01:29 AFP — Thirteen years after they were dramatically expelled from Turkey's parliament, Kurdish politicians are poised for a comeback in a general election Sunday, pledging efforts at reconciliation at a time of simmering anger over renewed Kurdish rebel violence.

Sunday, 15 July, 2007 , 12:32 AFP — Gunmen killed seven Iraqi border guards and a civilian on Sunday in an ambush on the Iranian frontier near Penjwin, in the autonomous Kurdish north, a security official said.