Friday, 1 January, 2016 , 18:07 AFP — Turkish police launched a massive manhunt Sunday for a gunman who killed 39 people, including many foreigners, in a rampage at an upmarket nightclub in Istanbul where revellers were celebrating New Year.

Friday, 30 December, 2016 , 19:24 AFP — Syria's Kurds have adopted a draft constitution for the autonomous federal region they unilaterally declared in the country's northeast and expect to hold elections in the coming months.

Tuesday, 27 December, 2016 , 03:41 AFP — When it opened three years ago in Turkey's biggest Kurdish-majority city, it was a symbol of Ankara's changing -- and more liberal -- attitudes toward Kurdish-language education.

Thursday, 22 December, 2016 , 13:27 AFP — Two Iraqi militias linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) are recruiting child soldiers, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.

Tuesday, 20 December, 2016 , 21:19 AFP — Seven people were killed in a double bomb attack Tuesday near the headquarters of an Iranian Kurdish opposition party, in a rare assault in Iraq's relatively secure autonomous Kurdish region, a senior security official said.

Tuesday, 20 December, 2016 , 20:49 AFP — Twin bombings near the headquarters of an Iranian Kurdish opposition party killed seven people Tuesday, a rare attack in Iraq's relatively secure autonomous Kurdish region, a senior security official said.

Tuesday, 20 December, 2016 , 20:34 AFP —

Tuesday, 20 December, 2016 , 14:55 AFP — A radical Kurdish militant group on Tuesday claimed a suicide attack that killed 14 Turkish soldiers and wounded dozens in the central city of Kayseri at the weekend, a news agency affiliated with the group reported.

Tuesday, 20 December, 2016 , 14:37 AFP — A radical Kurdish militant group on Tuesday claimed a suicide attack that killed 14 Turkish soldiers and wounded dozens in the central city of Kayseri at the weekend, a news agency affiliated with the group reported.

Tuesday, 20 December, 2016 , 14:29 AFP —