Friday, 17 November, 2006 , 14:10 AFP — High in the mountains of northern Iraq, fighters of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) voiced defiance Friday over threats by Iraqi and Turkish officials to root them out of their rear bases.
Friday, 17 November, 2006 , 13:04 AFP — Four Kurdish rebels and a soldier have been killed in clashes in Turkey's southeast as the army pursues militants despite a ceasefire they called last month, military sources said Friday.
Thursday, 16 November, 2006 , 15:16 AFP — Iraq should take "concrete steps" to curb the acivities of Turkish Kurd rebels who enjoy safe haven on its territory, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his visiting Iraqi counterpart on Thursday.
Thursday, 16 November, 2006 , 13:37 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said here Thursday that new security measures are being considered to quell mounting violence in Iraq and urged an end to "foreign intervention" in his country.
Wednesday, 15 November, 2006 , 10:35 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will hold talks here Thursday with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on bilateral ties and measures against Turkish Kurd rebels based in northern Iraq, Erdogan's spokesman said Wednesday.
Tuesday, 14 November, 2006 , 16:11 AFP — A Turkish border guard was killed Tuesday in a clash with a group of armed smugglers who attempted to sneak into Turkey from Iran, the governor of the eastern Van province, where the shooting took place, said.
Tuesday, 14 November, 2006 , 14:08 AFP — Syrian authorities released a son of murdered Syrian Kurdish cleric Mohammed Maashuk Khaznawi Tuesday after detaining him for 24 hours, an opposition group said.
Tuesday, 14 November, 2006 , 13:10 AFP — Syrian authorities have arrested a son of a murdered Syrian Kurdish religious scholar, Mohammed Maashuk Khaznawi, an opposition group said Tuesday.
Tuesday, 14 November, 2006 , 10:47 AFP — A Turkish soldier was killed Tuesday in fighting with armed Kurdish rebels in the eastern province of Van, official sources said.
Monday, 13 November, 2006 , 09:48 AFP — Iran said it has arrested four men who were plotting to blow up the railway line in the country's north linking Iran to Europe, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Monday.
