Saturday, 10 October, 2015 , 10:40 AFP — Two demonstrators, including a 14-year-old boy, were killed in Iraq's Kurdistan region when security forces opened fire on a protest by civil servants over unpaid salaries, officials and witnesses said Saturday.

Friday, 9 October, 2015 , 11:17 AFP — The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) is ready for a new ceasefire with the Turkish authorities despite almost three months of deadly violence, one of its leaders told AFP in an interview at its stronghold in northern Iraq.

Thursday, 8 October, 2015 , 13:09 AFP — Blood tests show the Islamic State used mustard agent in an attack on Kurdish peshmerga forces in August, the autonomous Iraqi region's government said Thursday.

Wednesday, 7 October, 2015 , 09:39 AFP — The apparent dragging of the corpse of an alleged Kurdish militant through the streets of a Turkish city by security forces has outraged activists, with the main Kurdish party leader calling on the interior minister to resign.

Tuesday, 6 October, 2015 , 12:13 AFP — Schools were closed for the third day running Tuesday in the Sulaimaniyah province of Iraq's Kurdistan region, where the cash-strapped administration has not paid salaries for months.

Sunday, 4 October, 2015 , 12:00 AFP — Turkish warplanes struck Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq and eastern Turkey overnight, in a new air operation against the Kurdish militant group, the army said Sunday.

Saturday, 3 October, 2015 , 15:17 AFP — Suspected militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) abducted two Turkish soldiers in eastern Turkey amid a flare-up of violence between Kurdish rebels and security forces, the army said Saturday.

Friday, 2 October, 2015 , 11:09 AFP — Turkish authorities on Friday imposed a curfew in the mainly Kurdish southeastern town of Silvan, saying 17 suspected Kurdish militants had already been killed hours after the military lockdown was enforced.

Wednesday, 30 September, 2015 , 17:34 AFP — A ground offensive led by 3,500 Iraqi Kurdish forces Wednesday recaptured several villages west of the city of Kirkuk from the Islamic State group, officials said.

Tuesday, 29 September, 2015 , 20:11 AFP — Two soldiers were killed in southeast Turkey on Tuesday in an attack on their vehicle blamed on Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels, the army said.