Monday, 12 October, 2015 , 13:17 AFP — Several Iraqi Kurdish politicians were barred from reaching their offices on Monday, in what the opposition called a "political coup" by the autonomous region's president.

Monday, 12 October, 2015 , 11:42 AFP — Two Turkish police officers accused of desecrating the corpse of a Kurdish rebel killed during fighting in southeastern Turkey have been sacked, the interior ministry said Monday.

Monday, 12 October, 2015 , 07:52 AFP — Syria's leading Kurdish militia and several Arab rebel groups that have fought alongside it have formalised their alliance in a new group called the Syrian Democratic Forces.

Sunday, 11 October, 2015 , 20:39 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish opposition party Gorran said on Sunday its top politicians have been asked by the party of acting regional president Massud Barzani to leave the capital Arbil.

Sunday, 11 October, 2015 , 20:09 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish opposition party Gorran said on Sunday its top politicians have been asked by the party of acting regional president Massud Barzani to leave the capital Arbil.

Sunday, 11 October, 2015 , 14:52 AFP — Several thousand mainly Kurdish demonstrators marched through Paris on Sunday to protest against what they called the Turkish government's "politics of war", a day after 95 people were killed by suspected suicide bombers in Ankara.

Sunday, 11 October, 2015 , 14:26 AFP — Two Turkish soldiers were killed in eastern Turkey in an attack blamed on Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants, a day after the rebel group declared it suspended all offensive operations, media said.

Sunday, 11 October, 2015 , 03:27 AFP — Turkey woke in mourning Sunday after at least 95 people were killed by suspected suicide bombers at a peace rally of leftist and pro-Kurdish activists in Ankara, the deadliest such attack in the country's recent history.

Saturday, 10 October, 2015 , 22:36 AFP — Nearly 100 people were killed and more than 200 injured after twin blasts hit a peace rally in Ankara Saturday, in the deadliest attack of its kind in Turkey's modern history.

Saturday, 10 October, 2015 , 17:04 AFP — Four people have been killed in two days of demonstrations in Iraqi Kurdistan, where discontent over unpaid salaries grew into protests demanding the regional president's ouster.