Tuesday, 20 March, 2007 , 13:24 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani conceded Tuesday that security in Iraq was better before the 2003 US-led war but warned an early US troop withdrawal would worsen the situation.
Monday, 19 March, 2007 , 16:57 AFP — A Turkish court on Monday sentenced a senior Kurdish politician to more than seven years in jail for collaborating with armed Kurdish rebels, judicial officials said.
Monday, 19 March, 2007 , 08:44 AFP — Turkish police said Monday they had detained 12 suspected Kurdish rebels and seized 11.7 kilos (25.7 pounds) of plastic explosives believed intended for attacks against industrial facilities.
Sunday, 18 March, 2007 , 15:33 AFP — Turkish police on Sunday held 22 people for questioning during a violent protest in Istanbul organized several days before the Kurdish new year, the Anatolia news agency reported.
Friday, 16 March, 2007 , 14:03 AFP — A Turkish prosecutor Friday indicted a senior politician from the country's main Kurdish party, demanding a jail sentence of up to three years over remarks that allegedly threatened violence, court officials said.
Monday, 12 March, 2007 , 17:14 AFP — The president of the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq, Massud Barzani, arrived on Monday in the Saudi capital, the official news agency SPA reported.
Monday, 12 March, 2007 , 16:54 AFP — Toxicology tests on jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan are negative, proving false claims by his lawyers that he was being poisoned, state prosecutors said Monday.
Monday, 12 March, 2007 , 12:20 AFP — Iraq's relatively peaceful northern Kurdistan region is to stage a trade fair this week in a bid to attract foreign investment, an official said on Monday.
Monday, 12 March, 2007 , 12:08 AFP — Turkish police detained 14 people, including a Kurdish politician, in connection with a petrol bomb attack on a bank in the northwestern town of Gebze, officials said Monday.
Sunday, 11 March, 2007 , 22:20 AFP — Supporters of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) took to the streets with Molotov cocktails and clashed with police during protests in towns across Turkey on Sunday, reports said.
