Saturday, 30 April, 2016 , 20:00 AFP — Iraqi forces launched a final assault Saturday to retake the Turkmen majority town of Bashir from the Islamic State jihadist group, Kurdish authorities said.

Saturday, 30 April, 2016 , 12:04 AFP — Turkish authorities on Saturday detained the chief news editor of a pro-Kurdish television channel over tweets posted on his account, the broadcaster said, as concern grows over freedom of expression in the country.

Saturday, 30 April, 2016 , 10:54 AFP — A suicide bomber killed five Kurdish policemen at a checkpoint in Syria's divided northeastern city of Qamishli on Saturday, police said.

Friday, 29 April, 2016 , 12:28 AFP — Turkish prosecutors have demanded up to five years jail for a British university lecturer based in Istanbul on charges of making "terror propaganda" for outlawed Kurdish militants, reports said Friday.

Friday, 29 April, 2016 , 10:30 AFP — A female suicide bomber who blew herself up in the centre of one of Turkey's most historic cities this week was linked to Kurdish militants and had also fought in Syria against jihadists, a report said Friday.

Thursday, 28 April, 2016 , 15:30 AFP — A meeting of a top committee at the Turkish parliament broke up in chaos on Thursday as deputies threw punches and jumped onto tables in a furious confrontation between ruling party and pro-Kurdish lawmakers.

Thursday, 28 April, 2016 , 15:18 AFP — The Syrian army was preparing an offensive on Thursday to retake Aleppo, as escalating fighting in the divided second city killed dozens of civilians in a new blow to a tattered truce.

Thursday, 28 April, 2016 , 14:34 AFP — Fighting between Syrian rebels and Kurdish forces has killed at least 64 people in the north of Aleppo province near the border with Turkey, a monitor said Thursday.

Wednesday, 27 April, 2016 , 11:41 AFP — Syrian Kurdish forces have retrieved the remains of a Russian special forces officer from the Islamic State jihadist group, a source on the ground told AFP on Wednesday.

Monday, 25 April, 2016 , 17:34 AFP — Artillery fire killed a civilian on Monday despite a ceasefire in a flashpoint northern Iraqi town that has been hit by deadly fighting between Kurdish and Turkmen forces, officials said.