Tuesday, 28 November, 2006 , 15:16 AFP — A forensic expert testified in Saddam Hussein's genocide trial on Tuesday showing slides of mass graves and pictures of skulls and skeletons of Iraqi Kurds shot dead and gassed in 1988.

Tuesday, 28 November, 2006 , 05:30 AFP — It took just a few minutes inside the offices of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the mountain village to figure out who was their leader.

Monday, 27 November, 2006 , 02:01 AFP — Saddam Hussein's trial on genocide charges resumes in Baghdad Monday with more Kurdish witnesses testifying one week after a human rights watchdog highlighted what it called fundamental flaws in the deposed Iraqi president's first trial.

Saturday, 25 November, 2006 , 17:32 AFP — Iranian forces attacked a Kurdish rebel post at the Iraqi border and clashed with guerrillas early Saturday, before pulling back, Kurdish officials and rebels reported.

Saturday, 25 November, 2006 , 15:54 AFP — Iranian forces crossed the Iraqi border and clashed with a force of Kurdish guerillas eary Saturday, before returning to their posts, Kurdish officials and rebels reported.

Friday, 24 November, 2006 , 11:36 AFP — A Turkish soldier and a Kurdish rebel were killed Friday in the southeast of the country in a security operation despite a ceasefire the militants called last month, officials said.

Thursday, 23 November, 2006 , 17:33 AFP — Two Kurdish rebels were killed Thursday in southeast Turkey as the army pursued militants despite a ceasefire the rebels called last month, officials said Thursday.

Thursday, 23 November, 2006 , 10:57 AFP — Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said Thursday that a planned referendum over the future of Iraq's ethnically disputed oil-rich city of Kirkuk could fuel more turmoil in the country because the Kurds have upset Kirkuk's demographics.

Thursday, 23 November, 2006 , 10:28 AFP — The United States government is in contact with Kurds struggling against Iran, a top rebel leader of the anti-Turkish Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) told AFP in an interview.

Wednesday, 22 November, 2006 , 15:14 AFP — A Norwegian appeal court on Wednesday upheld a lower court's ruling from 2005 that Norway can legally expel Mullah Krekar, the founder of radical Islamist group Ansar al-Islam, to Iraq.