Tuesday, 9 February, 2016 , 15:57 AFP — The leader of Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party on Tuesday accused Ankara of committing a "massacre" following reports that scores of civilians had been killed in a military operation against Kurdish rebels in a flashpoint town.

Tuesday, 9 February, 2016 , 13:37 AFP — The leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democracy Party on Tuesday accused Ankara of committing a "massacre," following reports that scores of civilians had been killed in a military operation against Kurdish rebels in a southeastern town.

Tuesday, 9 February, 2016 , 13:09 AFP — The leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democracy Party on Tuesday accused Ankara of committing a "massacre," following reports that scores of civilians had been killed in a military operation against Kurdish rebels in a southeastern town.

Monday, 8 February, 2016 , 16:50 AFP — Doctors and traffic police protested Monday in the cash-strapped Kurdish region of northern Iraq, as discontent mounted over unpaid salaries and wage cuts in the government sector.

Monday, 8 February, 2016 , 14:36 AFP — The Iraqi army is deploying thousands of soldiers to a northern base in preparation for operations to retake the Islamic State group's hub of Mosul, officials said on Monday.

Monday, 8 February, 2016 , 11:43 AFP — The Iraqi army is deploying thousands of soldiers to a northern base in preparation for operations to retake the Islamic State group's hub of Mosul, officials said on Monday.

Monday, 8 February, 2016 , 10:03 AFP — Syrian rebels have withdrawn from three villages threatened by Russian strikes in the northern province of Aleppo that borders Turkey, allowing Kurdish fighters to overrun them, a monitor said Monday.

Sunday, 7 February, 2016 , 12:19 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed anger over a US official's visit to a Kurdish militia group controlling the Syrian town of Kobane, urging Washington to choose between Turkey and the "terrorists" there.

Saturday, 6 February, 2016 , 15:35 AFP — Syrian Kurdish separatists have announced plans to open "representation" offices in several capitals, starting next week with Damascus regime ally Moscow, an official told AFP on Saturday.

Friday, 5 February, 2016 , 18:22 AFP — A fire at a hotel in the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region killed 19 people and injured dozens more on Friday, officials said.