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.

Monday, 13 November, 2006 , 05:34 AFP — One day Salim Chalub finally had enough of Baghdad, where he grew up and had spent his entire life, and moved his family to the distant city of Arbil in the far north of Iraq, inside the Kurdish autonomous region.

Sunday, 12 November, 2006 , 18:08 AFP — Three Kurdish rebels were killed in clashes with the Turkish army between November 6 and 11, in the southeast of Turkey, an official announced on Sunday.

Friday, 10 November, 2006 , 13:56 AFP — A Turkish court on Friday sentenced a Kurdish rebel-turned-informer to 39 years and 10 months for a deadly bomb attack allegedly aimed at stirring unrest in the country's mainly Kurdish southeast, the Anatolia news agency reported.