Tuesday, 8 September, 2015 , 21:44 AFP — Dozens of supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday launched a new attack against leading Turkish daily newspaper Hurriyet, seeking to storm its headquarters and pelting the building with stones.

Tuesday, 8 September, 2015 , 16:31 AFP — Turkish forces crossed into northern Iraq to pursue Kurdish militants on Tuesday after the deadliest rebel attacks in years left dozens dead as the decades-long conflict escalated.

Tuesday, 8 September, 2015 , 12:49 AFP — Turkish special forces crossed into northern Iraq to pursue Kurdish militants on Tuesday, a senior official told AFP, after the deadliest attacks by the rebels on the security forces in years left dozens dead.

Tuesday, 8 September, 2015 , 12:27 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday vowed not to abandon the country to "terrorists" after deadly attacks by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Tuesday, 8 September, 2015 , 12:07 AFP — The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) on Tuesday released 20 Turkish citizens, including customs officials, kidnapped in August by the militants in the east of Turkey and then moved to Iraq, officials said.

Tuesday, 8 September, 2015 , 11:54 AFP — Turkey on Tuesday confirmed its special ground forces had crossed into northern Iraq to pursue Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants following deadly attacks but emphasised the incursion would be short-term.

Tuesday, 8 September, 2015 , 11:52 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday vowed not to abandon the country to "terrorists" after deadly attacks by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Tuesday, 8 September, 2015 , 11:39 AFP — Fighting between Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards and Kurdish rebels near the Turkish border have killed four people, two from each side, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday.

Tuesday, 8 September, 2015 , 11:29 AFP — Turkish special forces crossed into northern Iraq in a ground incursion to pursue Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants after a deadly attack on the army, the Dogan news agency reported Tuesday.

Tuesday, 8 September, 2015 , 11:01 AFP — Fourteen Turkish police were killed Tuesday in a new attack by Kurdish militants as violence in the east threatened to spiral out of control and Ankara launched a massive wave of air strikes against rebel strongholds in northern Iraq.