- 2006 February 13

At least 11 people have been hurt in Turkey in an explosion in front of a supermarket in the city of Istanbul.

Istanbul's Governor Muammer Guler said the blast was apparently caused by a bomb left outside the shop. A Kurdish militant group has claimed responsibility for planting the device in the Bahcelievler suburb, the Kurdish news agency Firat reports.

Kurd General Says His Brigade Is Training Intensively for Urban Combat in Baghdad

January 17, 2007 - The Associated Press
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press Writers

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A Kurdish army brigade from northern Iraq is undergoing intensive urban combat training for deployment to Baghdad, where it expects to take on the Mahdi Army Shiite militia, its commander said Saturday.

By Gavin Jones -November 12, 200

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said on Saturday that it may be possible to reach an agreement by the end of 2006 on the withdrawal of foreign troops from his country.

Friday, December 14, 2007 | ÜMİT ENGİNSOY WASHINGTON

Political solution, not military one, is desirable to eliminate PKK in both Turkey and Iraq, State Dept.'s counter-terrorism coordinator says

By Richard A. Oppel Jr. The New York Times

ERBIL, Iraq - Kamal Sayid Qadir had just returned here from Austria in late October when two trusted former students invited him for coffee at the Hotel Avista.

2 October 2007 | By Scott Stearns | White House

President Bush welcomed Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to the Oval Office to discuss a stable future for the turbulent country.  VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story.

Thursday, October 18, 2007 | The Associated Press

IRBIL, Iraq: Thousands of Kurds and supporters took to the streets in northern Iraq Thursday to protest the Turkish parliament's decision to authorize the government to send troops across the border to root out Kurdish rebels who have been conducting raids into Turkey.