Monday, 14 March, 2016 , 08:45 AFP — Turkish warplanes on Monday struck Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq a day after a deadly bomb attack in the capital killed 36 people, the army said.

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Sunday, 13 March, 2016 , 16:23 AFP — Turkey on Sunday slapped a curfew on two border towns in the Kurdish-dominated southeast ahead of a looming military "clean-up" operation as it eased a lockdown in Diyarbakir.

Sunday, 13 March, 2016 , 14:21 AFP — Turkey on Sunday slapped a curfew on two border towns in the Kurdish-dominated southeast ahead of a looming military "clean-up" operation as it eased a lockdown in Diyarbakir.

Sunday, 13 March, 2016 , 10:45 AFP — Turkey on Sunday eased a curfew in part of Diyarbakir, the main city in the country's Kurdish-dominated southeast, but imposed it in two others as a prelude to fresh army operations against rebels.

Saturday, 12 March, 2016 , 16:36 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi vowed on Saturday to retaliate against the Islamic State group after it launched a chemical attack on a town near Kirkuk.

Saturday, 12 March, 2016 , 15:24 AFP — UN envoy Staffan de Mistura said Saturday that Syria's Kurds have a right to express their views on the country's political future, even if they are not invited to next week's peace talks in Geneva.

Saturday, 12 March, 2016 , 13:25 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi vowed on Saturday to retaliate against the Islamic State group after it launched a chemical attack on a town near Kirkuk.

Saturday, 12 March, 2016 , 12:00 AFP — Turkey's air force bombarded Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq this week, killing 67 rebel fighters, the military said Saturday, the first such strikes in nearly a month.

Saturday, 12 March, 2016 , 03:06 AFP — Syria's opposition said Friday it will attend fresh peace talks next week, stoking hopes the war-ravaged country may be able to end five years of civil war and move toward elections in 18 months.