Thursday, 1 March, 2007 , 15:59 AFP — Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan has been poisoned in jail in Turkey, his lawyers said Thursday, demanding the United Nations dispatch a medical team to investigate.

Tuesday, 27 February, 2007 , 18:38 AFP — Turkish leaders warned Iraqi Kurds Tuesday that their claims to the ethnically volatile, oil-rich city of Kirkuk in Iraq and talk of independence would fuel conflict in the region, Anatolia news agency reported.

Tuesday, 27 February, 2007 , 13:02 AFP — A Kurdish mayor was fined 3,000 lira (about 2,200 dollars, 1,650 euros) Tuesday for allowing women to use an official vehicle when they marked the birthday of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan two years ago, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Tuesday, 27 February, 2007 , 12:14 AFP — Iraq's new draft oil law has been hailed as a victory for Iraqi unity but, in the short term at least, the autonomous region of Kurdistan is likely to benefit the most, experts say.

Tuesday, 27 February, 2007 , 08:18 AFP — Iranian forces have killed three local chiefs of a Kurdish rebel group that has been involved in deadly clashes with the military close to the Turkish border, a commander said on Tuesday.

Tuesday, 27 February, 2007 , 07:56 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected Iraqi Kurdish claims to the ethnically volatile, oil-rich city of Kirkuk and warned that such an attitude would pave the way for more conflict in the war-torn country, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Monday, 26 February, 2007 , 11:01 AFP — A Turkish court Monday jailed two leaders of the country's main Kurdish party for 18 months over a Woman's Day leaflet, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Monday, 26 February, 2007 , 10:53 AFP — The president of Iraqi Kurdistan called on Turkey for face-to-face talks to end high-running tensions over Turkish Kurd rebels based in his autonomous region in northern Iraq, in a television interview broadcast here Monday.

Monday, 26 February, 2007 , 09:19 AFP — Fourteen Iranian military personnel were killed in a helicopter crash last week during an operation against rebels close to the Turkish border, the Revolutionary Guards confirmed on Monday.

Sunday, 25 February, 2007 , 09:34 AFP — A Kurdish rebel group fighting in Iran claimed on Sunday it had shot down an Iranian helicopter which Tehran had reported as having had an accident caused by bad weather.