Saturday, 26 December, 2015 , 18:45 AFP — An armed Kurdish group on Saturday claimed responsibility for an explosion near a plane at Istanbul's second international airport which killed a female cleaner and wounded another.

Saturday, 26 December, 2015 , 17:53 AFP — An armed Kurdish group on Saturday claimed an explosion near a plane at Istanbul's second international airport which killed a female cleaner and wounded another.

Saturday, 26 December, 2015 , 17:27 AFP — Around 15,000 people marched in Dusseldorf on Saturday to protest against Turkey's military crackdown against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels, local police said.

Saturday, 26 December, 2015 , 15:20 AFP — An alliance of Kurdish and Arab rebels seized a key dam on the Euphrates River from Islamic State group jihadists in northern Syria on Saturday, the group said.

Thursday, 24 December, 2015 , 13:34 AFP — An alliance of Kurdish and Arab rebels advanced Thursday against the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria's north in a new offensive backed by US-led air strikes, its spokesman said.

Wednesday, 23 December, 2015 , 15:23 AFP — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday hosted Turkey's pro-Kurdish party leader Selahattin Demirtas for talks on the Syrian conflict and Moscow's potential support for Kurdish groups fighting Islamic State jihadists.

Wednesday, 23 December, 2015 , 03:13 AFP — His neighbourhood battered by shelling and food running out, Bahattin Yagarcik hunkers down in a basement along with several other families to take cover from the standoff between the Turkish military and Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey.

Tuesday, 22 December, 2015 , 16:28 AFP — Turkish police on Tuesday fired tear gas cannisters and used water cannon to disperse thousands of people protesting in the southeast against the military crackdown on Kurdish rebels, an AFP photographer said.

Tuesday, 22 December, 2015 , 11:23 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Tuesday criticised a visit to Russia by the main Kurdish opposition party leader, at a time when Ankara is at loggerheads with Moscow over the downing of a Russian warplane.

Tuesday, 22 December, 2015 , 09:26 AFP — Turkish police killed two female "terrorists" in a pre-dawn raid Tuesday on a cell of suspected militants in Istanbul, media reports said.