Monday, 2 October, 2006 , 17:19 AFP — US President George W. Bush on Monday backed Turkey's push for European Union membership and hailed joint efforts to fight terrorism as he met with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Monday, 2 October, 2006 , 10:49 AFP — The Turkish military vowed Monday to fight on against Kurdish separatists despite a rebel ceasefire ordered at the weekend, saying that the only way out for them was to surrender.

Sunday, 1 October, 2006 , 17:50 AFP — Iraqi Kurds were left reeling after two independent newspapers named scores of people who allegedly cooperated with Saddam Hussein's feared intelligence services, including many now in positions of power.

Sunday, 1 October, 2006 , 15:43 AFP — Turkey expects Washington and Baghdad to do more to curb Kurdish rebels, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said in an interview Sunday, warning that Turkey would "do the job ourselves" if needed.

Sunday, 1 October, 2006 , 12:46 AFP — Despite the ceasefire in its 22-year struggle to gain freedom from Turkey announced this weekend by Kurd rebels, the conflict was expected to be at the heart of talks Monday in Washington between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President George W. Bush.

Sunday, 1 October, 2006 , 12:44 AFP — Writer Mohammed Ghanem and young Kurd militant Shevan Abdo were freed from prison Sunday after serving their sentences, the National Organisation for Human Rights in Syria said in a statement.

Saturday, 30 September, 2006 , 17:38 AFP — The rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has ordered a unilateral ceasefire in its 22-year-old war against Turkey, insurgent commanders told AFP in their remote mountain base.

Friday, 29 September, 2006 , 17:12 AFP — A Kurdish political activist arrested by Syrian security forces in June has been released because of ill health, lawyer and rights activist Ammar al-Qorabi said Friday.

Friday, 29 September, 2006 , 12:22 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan's appeal for a rebel ceasefire, calling instead on Kurdish separatists to lay down their arms.

Friday, 29 September, 2006 , 10:44 AFP — Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq wanted foreign cash to build thousands of concrete bunkers to bury dead Kurds, an Australian inquiry into abuses of the UN oil-for-food programme heard on Friday.