Tuesday, 2 February, 2016 , 17:30 AFP — Turkey will unveil a new economic and security plan for the Kurdish-dominated southeast, the prime minister said Tuesday, unveiling a bid to revitalise a region battered by renewed fighting between rebels and government forces.

Monday, 1 February, 2016 , 16:33 AFP — A coalition of Syrian Kurds and Arabs will not participate in fresh peace talks in Geneva after six of its delegates, mostly Kurds, were excluded from negotiations, a member said Monday.

Monday, 1 February, 2016 , 13:34 AFP — The United Nations on Monday called on Ankara to investigate the suspected shooting of a group of unarmed people in Turkey's southeastern Kurdish-dominated region, caught in "extremely shocking" video footage.

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.