Monday, 5 August, 2019 , 19:22 AFP — A top Kurdish political official in northeast Syria Monday warned neighbouring Turkey would attack at the first chance it got, despite US efforts to prevent a cross-border incursion.

Monday, 5 August, 2019 , 14:19 AFP — Turkey called Monday for the United States to end its support for a Kurdish militia in northern Syria as crucial talks between the two countries headed into a second day.

Monday, 5 August, 2019 , 10:19 AFP — Turkey called on the United States to end its support for a Kurdish militia in northern Syria as the two countries held talks on Monday aimed at preventing a fresh Turkish invasion.

Sunday, 28 July, 2019 , 03:38 AFP — Iraq's federal authorities and the cash-strapped Kurdish regional government (KRG) have relaunched talks over longstanding oil and budget disputes, but observers are sceptical they will reach a genuine diplomatic reset.

Saturday, 27 July, 2019 , 09:41 AFP — The authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan have accused Turkish Kurdish rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) of ordering the July 17 murder of the Turkish vice-consul in regional capital Arbil.

Friday, 26 July, 2019 , 18:43 AFP — Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they lost one soldier and killed a number of "anti-revolutionaries" in clashes Friday near the western border with Iraq.

Wednesday, 24 July, 2019 , 13:23 AFP — Turkey said Wednesday that it was not satisfied with the buffer zone solutions offered by the United States in northern Syria, aimed at preventing clashes between Turkish and Kurdish forces.

Tuesday, 23 July, 2019 , 14:24 AFP — Turkey and the US began talks on Tuesday to establish a "security zone" in northern Syria aimed at creating a buffer between Kurdish fighters and the Turkish border.

Tuesday, 23 July, 2019 , 12:10 AFP — Iraq on Tuesday began exhuming the remains of dozens of victims, including children, likely killed during ex-dictator Saddam Hussein's campaign against the country's Kurds, a forensics official told AFP.

Saturday, 20 July, 2019 , 16:19 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish authorities announced Saturday they had arrested two suspects involved in the murder of three people, including a Turkish diplomat, in the regional capital Arbil this week.