Kurdish Rebels

Kurdistan PM Barzani Condemns Post-Election Violence

AFP | Posted 08.27.2009 | World


Iraqi Kurdistan's prime minister on Monday condemned post-election violence in the autonomous region that left one person dead and 12 injured, as oppo...

Iraq: Kurd-Arab Strife Takes Center Stage

Washington Post | Posted 08.27.2009 | World


Louis Khno is a city councilman whose city is beyond his control. In his barricaded streets are militiamen -- in baseball caps and jeans, wielding Kal...

PKK Kurdish Rebels: We Won't Stop Fighting In Iraq

AP | SINAN SALAHEDDIN | Posted 04.24.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — Kurdish rebels on Tuesday rejected calls by Iraq's president to stop fighting against Turkey and leave Iraqi territory as the visiting...

What Israel Can Learn From Turkey

GroundReport | Posted 02.09.2009 | World


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Originally published on GroundReport.com, the citizen journalism site covering world news at the local level. By Selene Verri Turkey recently conde...

Turkey, Iran Coordinating Iraq Strikes Against Kurdish Rebels: Report

AP | SUZAN FRASER | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics


ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey and Iran have been carrying out coordinated strikes on Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq, a top Turkish general said...

Kurdish rebels threaten suicide attacks against US

AP | YAHYA BARZANJI | Posted 05.13.2008 | Home


QANDIL MOUNTAINS, Iraq — Kurdish rebels could launch suicide attacks against American interests to punish the U.S. for sharing intelligence with...

Turkey says warplanes hit Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq

AP | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics


ISTANBUL, Turkey — Turkish warplanes hit an area in northern Iraq where a group of Kurdish rebels was trying to infiltrate Turkey, the military ...

Turkish Troops Withdraw From Iraq

AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


ISTANBUL, Turkey — Truckloads of weary and unshaven Turkish troops returned Friday from Iraq as Turkey ended an eight-day cross-border offensive...

Turkey Attacks Kurds; US Calls for Halt

AP | BURHANETTIN OZBILICI | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


CUKURCA, Turkey — Turkish fighter jets, helicopters and hundreds of commandos streamed across the border into northern Iraq Wednesday despite Ir...

Iraq Government Demands Turkey Withdraw From Country

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government demanded for the first time that Turkey immediately withdraw from northern Iraq, warning Tuesday it feared an ong...

Turkish Military Kills 41 Kurdish Rebels

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


CUKURCA, Turkey — Turkey's military said Monday it had killed 41 more separatist Kurdish rebels in clashes in northern Iraq, raising the reporte...

Turkish Jets Bomb Northern Iraq

NY Times | Sabrina Tavernise | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Turkish fighter jets bombed targets in northern Iraq on Monday, the Turkish military said, the fifth major strike against Kurdish rebels this year. I...

Oil Prices Jump On Supply Concerns

AP | John Wilen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Oil prices jumped Wednesday on supply concerns, stoked by a new round of Turkish airstrikes in northern Iraq and a growing belief that domestic oil in...

Turkish Jets Launch More Strikes Into Northern Iraq

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Turkish warplanes hit eight suspected Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq on Wednesday, the third cross-border air assault in 10 days, Turkey's mi...

Turkey Claims More Than 200 Kurdish Rebel Targets Hit

AP | C. ONUR ANT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Turkish airstrikes and artillery have hit more than 200 Kurdish rebel targets in the mountains of northern Iraq since Dec. 16, killing hundreds of ins...

Turkish Helicopters Fire Into Iraq

AP | YAHYA BARAZANJI | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Turkish helicopter gunships attacked abandoned villages inside Iraq on Tuesday, Iraqi officials said, the first such airstrike since border tensions h...

Turkey: Surge In Fighting With Kurds "Unavoidable"

AP | SUZAN FRASER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Turkey's prime minister said Tuesday increased military action against separatist Kurdish rebels was "unavoidable" and pressed the United States for a...

Turkey Wants Approval For Military Operation Within Iraq

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


The Turkish government will seek parliamentary approval for a military operation against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, a government spokesman said ...