Sunday, 16 July, 2006 , 14:30 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan signalled Sunday that his government was planning a tough response to mounting violence by Kurdish rebels after 13 members of the security forces were killed in the southeast over the past week.

Sunday, 16 July, 2006 , 09:22 AFP — Separatist Kurdish rebels have killed eight members of the security forces in a clash in Turkey's southeast, the latest incident of bloodshed in the mainly Kurdish region, the Anatolia news agency reported Sunday.

Saturday, 15 July, 2006 , 12:21 AFP — A senior militant from the Turkish Kurdish separatist group PKK has been injured in an Iranian attack on rebel positions in northern Iraq, the NTV news channel reported Saturday.

Saturday, 15 July, 2006 , 09:59 AFP — Turkish soldiers have killed a separatist Kurdish militant in a clash in the country's restive mainly Kurdish southeast, officials said Saturday.

Thursday, 13 July, 2006 , 18:47 AFP — Five Turkish soldiers were killed and four others injured Thursday when their vehicle ran over a landmine in the country's restive mainly Kurdish southeast, Anatolia news agency reported.

Wednesday, 12 July, 2006 , 18:38 AFP — The prime minister of the Kurdish Autonomous Region in Iraq, Nijirvan Barzani, said on Wednesday that Kurds had the right to a well-trained army capable of defending them.

Tuesday, 11 July, 2006 , 17:14 AFP — Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki dismissed on Tuesday the risk of Iraq plunging into civil war despite the recent burst of sectarian violence tearing apart Baghdad.

Tuesday, 11 July, 2006 , 16:43 AFP — Two Turkish policemen have been killed in an armed attack and four other people injured in a landmine explosion in Turkey's restive mainly Kurdish southeast, officials said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 11 July, 2006 , 11:12 AFP — Some 200 Iranian Kurds who fled violence-plagued Iraq and are now stuck in dire conditions along the Jordanian border are refusing UN aid, and three of them have gone on hunger strike, the UN refugee agency said Tuesday.

Thursday, 6 July, 2006 , 15:15 AFP — A suspected bomb ripped through a vehicle catering for the army in mainly Kurdish southeast Turkey on Thursday, killing the driver, Anatolia news agency reported.