Monday, 11 June, 2007 , 14:53 AFP — Thousands of people chanted anti-government slogans at the funerals Monday of three soldiers killed by Kurdish rebels, raising pressure on the government for tougher action against the insurgents.

Sunday, 10 June, 2007 , 17:13 AFP — Five Kurdish rebels were killed over the weekend in separate clashes with Turkish security forces in the mountainous east of the country, officials said Sunday.

Sunday, 10 June, 2007 , 13:06 AFP — Powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Sunday warned Turkey over its bombardments of Iraqi villages in the northern region of Kurdistan aimed at flushing out Kurdish rebels.

Sunday, 10 June, 2007 , 10:43 AFP — Two Kurdish rebels have been killed in separate clashes with Turkish security forces in the mountainous east of the country, officials said Sunday.

Saturday, 9 June, 2007 , 19:30 AFP — Three soldiers were killed and four others seriously wounded in an explosion Saturday in a Kurdish area of southeastern Turkey, security sources said.

Saturday, 9 June, 2007 , 13:34 AFP — Iraq lodged an official complaint with Turkey on Saturday claiming it had bombarded Iraq's northern Kurdish region and warning that the attack against Kurdish rebels could destabilise the region.

Friday, 8 June, 2007 , 12:32 AFP — Turkey's electoral board banned Friday three Kurdish former lawmakers and the country's former Islamist prime minister from standing in next month's legislative elections because of their criminal records.

Friday, 8 June, 2007 , 11:02 AFP — The Turkish army has beefed up its presence on the Iraqi border, with no-go security zones and live ammunition manoeuvres seen as signs of a possible cross-border operation to neutralise Turkish Kurd rebels.

Friday, 8 June, 2007 , 10:28 AFP — The Turkish army vowed Friday to strike back at separatist Kurdish rebels after four soldiers were killed in the southeast of the country in a landmine explosion blamed on the militants.

Thursday, 7 June, 2007 , 17:27 AFP — The president of Iraq's Kurdish region on Thursday rejected Ankara's declaration that it was ready for dialogue with Iraqi Kurds provided they took measures against Turkish Kurd rebels holed up in the autonomous enclave.