Turkey launches attacks on Kurds

Oct. 6, 2008

TURKEY STAGED retaliatory airstrikes against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq yesterday as thousands of Turks attended rain-lashed funerals for 15 soldiers killed by the rebels in a cross-border attack from Iraq.

Iraq, Turkey, U.S. to address PKK issue

BAGHDAD, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Iraq, Turkey and the United States have banded together to try to end attacks on Turkey by Kurdish rebels operating from Iraq, officials say.

Report: Turkey, Iraqi Kurds hold talks

ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Turkish officials have held secret talks with leaders of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish zone on dealing with Kurdish separatists in Turkey, sources say.

Turkey pounds Kurdish positions in Iraq

ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Turkish warplanes continued to strike separatist Kurdish rebel targets inside northern Iraq Saturday, military officials said.

Turkish troops retaliate against PKK

ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Turkey staged airstrikes against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq as Turkish leaders asked neighboring Iraq to do more against rebels based there.

15 Turkish soldiers slain in Kurd attack

ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Fifteen Turkish soldiers have been slain by Kurdish separatist rebels in the country's restive southeast, officials said Saturday.

Report: Iran shells Kurdish rebels

SULAIMANIYA, Iraq, July 9 (UPI) -- Kurdish Iraqi officials said Wednesday Iran had launched an artillery attack aimed at Kurdish separatists operating in the northern reaches of Iraq.

Turkish jets attack Kurdish rebels

ANKARA, Turkey, April 17 (UPI) -- Turkey reports it has resumed operations against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq following a lull of several weeks.

Kurds tepid on Turkey economic plan

ANKARA, Turkey, March 12 (UPI) -- Turkey's economic plan for the nation's largely Kurdish southeast is apparently not impressing leaders of the Kurdish community.

Iraq: Turkey could destabilize region

BAGHDAD, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari says Turkey's military efforts against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq could destabilize the region.

Turkish Kurds protest raids in Iraq

ANKARA, Turkey, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Several thousand Kurds from 28 Turkish cities ended a rally near the Iraq border Wednesday protesting Turkey's attacks on Iraqi Kurds, Turkish media reported.

Five Kurdish rebels killed in Turkey

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Turkish military sources said five Kurdish rebels were killed in fighting with Turkish forces in the southeastern part of the country.

Turkey reports hundreds of rebels killed

ANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- The Turkish military said Monday two days of aerial and ground incursions into Iraq killed hundreds of Kurdish separatists.

Kurds in Iraq hit by fresh Turkish strikes

BAGHDAD, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Kurdish rebels camped in northern Iraq were targeted Saturday by a series of Turkish air strikes, the Turkish military confirmed.

Report: U.S. aiding Turkey in Iraq raids

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Turkey's raids on rebel Kurds in Iraq are being helped by U.S. intelligence and satellite imagery, The Washington Post quoted Pentagon officials as saying.