Sunday, 31 January, 2016 , 23:04 AFP — A delegation including senior US diplomat Brett McGurk met members of a Kurd-Arab alliance fighting the Islamic State jihadist group inside Syria, Kurdish sources said Sunday.

Sunday, 31 January, 2016 , 18:16 AFP — A delegation including senior US diplomat Brett McGurk met with members of a Kurd-Arab alliance fighting the Islamic State jihadist group inside Syria on Saturday, Kurdish sources said Sunday.

Saturday, 30 January, 2016 , 13:49 AFP — Thousands of teachers in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region have gone on strike to protest months of unpaid wages, officials said Saturday.

Saturday, 30 January, 2016 , 12:05 AFP — Syrian Kurdish figures hoping to take part in fragile UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva have left the Swiss city after not receiving invitations to negotiations, sources told AFP on Saturday.

Wednesday, 27 January, 2016 , 17:00 AFP — Four Turkish soldiers were killed Wednesday in clashes with Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) militants in Diyarbakir in southeast Turkey, as a controversial curfew order was expanded to new areas in the Kurdish-dominated city.

Wednesday, 27 January, 2016 , 13:24 AFP — Three Turkish soldiers were killed Wednesday in clashes with Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) militants in Diyarbakir in southeast Turkey, the military said, as a controversial curfew order was expanded to new areas in the Kurdish-dominated city.

Tuesday, 26 January, 2016 , 18:43 AFP — The United Nations on Tuesday sent out invitations to new Syria peace talks in Geneva this week, as leading opposition representatives debated whether to attend.

Tuesday, 26 January, 2016 , 18:01 AFP — The United Nations on Tuesday sent out invitations for fresh Syria peace talks in Geneva later this week, including to figures excluded from a key opposition body.

Tuesday, 26 January, 2016 , 17:35 AFP — Turkey on Tuesday threatened to boycott UN-backed peace talks on Syria scheduled for later this week if the main Syrian Kurdish party was invited.

Tuesday, 26 January, 2016 , 16:33 AFP — Turkey will boycott talks seeking to find peace for Syria planned later this week in Geneva if the Syrian Kurdish group the Democratic Union Party (PYD) is invited, the Turkish foreign minister said on Tuesday.