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Two Turkish police fired over desecration of Kurdish rebel's corpse


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.

Syria Kurds, Arabs form joint military force


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.

Iraqi Kurdish opposition party says asked to leave Arbil


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.

Iraqi Kurdish opposition party says asked to leave 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.

After bombings, thousands in pro-Kurdish demo in Paris


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.

Two Turkish soldiers killed in Kurdish rebel attack: media


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.

Turkey mourns 95 dead in twin Ankara blasts


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.

Three months of Turkish unrest


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.

Two killed as Iraqi Kurdish protests turn violent


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.

Two protesters shot dead in Iraqi Kurdish town: hospital


Saturday, 10 October, 2015 , 16:40 AFP Guards shot dead two demonstrators in the Iraqi Kurdish town of Kalar Saturday as protesters tried to storm the local headquarters of the regional president's party, a hospital spokesman said.