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Turkey sets conditions for intervention in Syria: report

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has announced that if Kurdistan Worker Party (PKK) fighters or Al-Qaida bases are set up at Syria’s border with Turkey, his country would “take every measure” to prevent them from establishing a foothold in the region. » read more

Iranian Kurds denounce civilian bombings in Turkey

Iranian Kurds gathered in front of the Turkish embassy on Wednesday in Tehran to protest the killing of Kurdish civilians in Turkey. » read more

PKK urges Kurds to rise against Turkish attacks

One day after a Turkish air attack killed dozens of civilians in the Kurdish region of Sirnak, the PKK (Kurdish Workers Party) called on the people of Turkish Kurdistan to rise against the government. » read more

IRGC, PJAK both claim other side suffering casualties

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps and the Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK), which have been fighting in northwestern Iran in recent months, have both announced that they have killed dozens of each other’s forces in the Sardasht region. » read more

IRGC resumes attacks against PJAK

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps has announced the launch of new operations against PJAK forces, Iranian media report. » read more

Turkish MP condemns air strikes on Kurdish region

Turkish MP Leyla Zana, a Kurdish activist and winner of the Sakharov award, has released a letter condemning Turkish bomb strikes on Kurdish civilians, warning the Turkish Prime Minister about starting an ethnic war in the region. » read more

Iran says PJAK surrender imminent

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps announced yesterday that the dissident Kurdish group, the Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK), will surrender within two months. » read more

Conflicting reports on arrest of top PKK member

Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the head of Iran's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, announced today that his earlier statements to ISNA regarding the arrest of the number-two top member of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK), a Turkish separatist group, was on the basis of reports in the Turkish media adding that the news has not been confirmed by "competent Iranian sources." » read more

More sabotage at Iran-Turkey gas pipeline

The flow of natural gas from Iran to Turkey has been halted for the second time in a month by an explosion at the pipeline, this time in Turkish territory. » read more

Iranian forces in conflict with PKK in Iraq

Conflicts between Iranian military forces and Turkey’s Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) continued through to Sunday morning in Iraqi territory, said PKK spokesman Ahmad Denise. » read more