Wednesday, 20 January, 2016 , 10:37 AFP — The blanket curfew in Silopi lasted 36 days as clashes raged between the Turkish army and Kurdish militants. Finally it was lifted, allowing residents to come to terms with the scale of the destruction in their hometown.

Wednesday, 20 January, 2016 , 00:09 AFP — Kurdish forces have destroyed thousands of homes in northern Iraq in an apparent attempt to uproot Arab communities, Amnesty International said Wednesday.

Tuesday, 19 January, 2016 , 14:35 AFP — Syria's leading Kurdish militia said Tuesday it had arrested and would prosecute four of its fighters accused of damaging property in a town reclaimed from the Islamic State group.

Monday, 18 January, 2016 , 08:51 AFP — Three Turkish policemen were killed and four wounded in a roadside bomb attack blamed on Kurdish rebels in the southeast of the country, the security services said Monday.

Sunday, 17 January, 2016 , 15:22 AFP — In the heart of the Calais migrant shantytown in northern France known as the "Jungle", a cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" rings out from the ramshackle headquarters of the camp's very own radio station.

Saturday, 16 January, 2016 , 16:56 AFP — Kurdish PKK rebels while claiming responsibility Saturday for a car bombing in southeast Turkey this week apologised for having killed civilians and especially three children in the attack.

Saturday, 16 January, 2016 , 12:20 AFP — The European Union on Saturday condemned as "extremely worrying" Turkey's arrest of academics who signed a petition criticising a military crackdown in the Kurdish-dominated southeast.

Saturday, 16 January, 2016 , 01:25 AFP — Turkish police on Friday detained at least 18 academics who signed a petition criticising a military crackdown in the Kurdish-dominated southeast, triggering new alarm about freedom of expression in the country.

Friday, 15 January, 2016 , 16:22 AFP — Turkish police on Friday detained at least 18 academics who signed a petition criticising a military crackdown in the Kurdish-dominated southeast, triggering new alarm about freedom of expression in the country.

Friday, 15 January, 2016 , 13:04 AFP — Turkish police on Friday detained over a dozen academics who signed a petition criticising the military crackdown in the Kurdish-dominated southeast that angered President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, triggering new alarm about freedom of expression in the country.