Wednesday, 4 July, 2007 , 12:00 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish and Sunni leaders on Wednesday complained they were being kept in the dark over oil legislation set to go before parliament, saying they had not seen the final bill approved by cabinet.
Wednesday, 4 July, 2007 , 09:36 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish regional government warned on Wednesday against any major changes to oil legislation set to go before parliament, saying it had not seen the final bill approved by the cabinet.
Tuesday, 3 July, 2007 , 19:50 AFP — The US military warned Turkey Tuesday against destabilizing northern Iraq by carrying out a threatened cross-border raid on Kurdish rebels.
Sunday, 1 July, 2007 , 15:01 AFP — Three suspected Kurdish rebels, including one woman, have been arrested in Istanbul where they are thought to have been planning large-scale attacks, the Anatolia news agency reported Sunday.
Sunday, 1 July, 2007 , 03:27 AFP — Northern Iraq's relatively stable Kurdish region is trying to attract oil prospectors and investors instead of insurgents in an ambitious bid to rival commercial hotspots like Dubai.
Saturday, 30 June, 2007 , 17:13 AFP — Three Turkish soldiers died Saturday in a landmine explosion in the east of the country, security sources said, the day after a Kurdish rebel was killed by army troops.
Friday, 29 June, 2007 , 12:28 AFP — Turkey has drawn up plans for an eventual incursion into neighbouring northern Iraq to pursue Turkish Kurd rebels taking refuge there, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said Friday.
Friday, 29 June, 2007 , 07:38 AFP — Prominent Turkish Kurd politician Orhan Dogan died Friday in hospital in the eastern city of Van after suffering a heart attack at the weekend, doctors said.
Wednesday, 27 June, 2007 , 16:59 AFP — Eight Kurdish rebels were killed Wednesday in a major security sweep in Turkey's restive southeast, local security sources said.
Wednesday, 27 June, 2007 , 10:07 AFP — The head of the Turkish armed forces insisted Wednesday on the need for a military incursion into northern Iraq to hunt down Turkish Kurd rebels based there, but said he needed the government's green light to do so.
