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.

Sunday, 15 July, 2007 , 08:54 AFP — Five Iraqi border guards were killed on Sunday when gunmen ambushed their patrol on the Iranian frontier near Penjwin, in the autonomous Kurdish north, a security official said.

Saturday, 14 July, 2007 , 09:12 AFP — Turkey has formally demanded an explanation from the United States about how US weapons have ended up in the hands of Turkish Kurd rebels based in neighbouring Iraq, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul was quoted as saying Saturday.

Friday, 13 July, 2007 , 12:15 AFP — A total of 225 people died in Turkey in escalating violence between Turkish forces and armed Kurdish rebels in the first half of 2007, the country's main human rights watchdog said Friday.