Friday, 23 June, 2006 , 13:49 AFP — Turkey's main Kurdish political group, the Democratic Society Party (DTP), will hold its first congress Sunday, expected to result in a decision to revise the party's leadership system.

Thursday, 22 June, 2006 , 15:47 AFP — Baghdad's entire Sabean-Mandean population estimated at 25,000 has presented a petition to Kurdish authorities to move to the northern region's safe haven, an Arab League official said Thursday.

Thursday, 22 June, 2006 , 11:06 AFP — The founder of radical Islamist group Ansar al-Islam, Mullah Krekar, on Thursday hailed Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed two weeks ago.

Thursday, 22 June, 2006 , 11:06 AFP — The founder of radical Islamist group Ansar al-Islam, Mullah Krekar, on Thursday hailed Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed two weeks ago.

Thursday, 22 June, 2006 , 10:28 AFP — The founder of a radical Islamist group living in Norway since 1991 hailed Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden on Thursday, and praised the good work of bid Laden's recently slain lieutenant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

Wednesday, 21 June, 2006 , 11:53 AFP — Iranian Kurds who fled violence-plagued Iraq have been stuck in dire conditions in no man's land along the Jordanian border for the past 18 months, a spokesman for the refugees said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 21 June, 2006 , 11:45 AFP — The swift conviction of two Turkish soldiers over a deadly bomb attack on a Kurdish-owned bookstore in eastern Turkey is an encouraging sign of growing civilian control over the military, a senior EU official said in remarks published Wednesday.

Wednesday, 21 June, 2006 , 11:21 AFP — Turkish police said Wednesday they had detained two suspected Kurdish rebels in possession of 5.7 kilos (12.5 pounds) of plastic explosives believed intended for attacks in Istanbul.

Tuesday, 20 June, 2006 , 17:13 AFP — A Turkish prosecutor is seeking a life sentence for an alleged separatist Kurdish militant for a bombing in a popular seaside resort last year that killed five people, two of them foreigners, the Anatolia news agency reported Tuesday.

Tuesday, 20 June, 2006 , 12:39 AFP — Fifty-six Kurdish mayors risk up to 10 years in jail for signing a letter urging Denmark's Prime Minister to ignore Turkey's calls to ban a Kurdish television station with alleged links to terrorism, judicial sources said Tuesday.