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November 03, 2007
Iraq Pledges To Clamp Down On PKK

November 3, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has promised to work with his country's neighbors to fight terrorism, responding to pressure from Turkey to help put an end to attacks from Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq.

November 02, 2007
Iran Tips Hand Ahead Of Istanbul Conference On Iraq

What does Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki have to offer? (epa) November 2, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Iranian officials have hinted that they will arrive at a conference of Iraqi and neighboring foreign ministers with a proposal that they say could help resolve Iraq's "political, security, and economic problems."
November 02, 2007
Al-Anbar Initiative Makes Progress, But Baghdad Wary

While U.S. officials credit the Salvation Council with bringing about a remarkable turnaround in an area once thought to have been lost to Al-Qaeda, many in the Shi'ite-led Baghdad government see the initiative as essentially arming Sunni militias that could at some point turn on it.
October 28, 2007
Erdogan Says Turks, Kurds Should Remain United

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (epa) October 28, 2007 -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan today called for unity between Turks and Turkish Kurds, and reiterated his government's determination to fight Iraq-based separatist Kurdish rebels.
October 25, 2007
New Sanctions Sharpen Confrontation

The U.S. government has hit Iran with some of its strongest unilateral sanctions since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, singling out the elite Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization. But what the moves portend -- whether they hasten or hinder military action -- looks set to be the focus of global debate in the weeks to come.
October 25, 2007
Iraq: Attacks On Turkish Forces Increase Pressure To Act Against PKK

Turkish troops may go into Iraq after the PKK yet again (AFP) October 25, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- On October 21, a group of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters entered Turkey from Iraq and killed 12 Turkish soldiers in the Turkish border town of Daglica. The incident enraged Ankara and Turks across the country took to the streets demanding action.
October 24, 2007
Kurds Hold Key To Turkey's Dilemma

Iraqi Kurds, threatened with a military incursion by Turkey, find themselves in a pivotal -- and ironic -- position as Ankara and Washington search for ways to end attacks by Turkish Kurdish militants holed up in semi-autonomous northern Iraq.
October 23, 2007
Turkey Makes Diplomatic Push To Avert Iraq Incursion

Zebari (right) told Babacan that Iraq won't let anyone, even the PKK, spoil ties with Turkey (epa) October 23, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan met Iraqi officials in Baghdad today to urge them to take a harder line against Kurdish rebels operating along their shared border.
October 22, 2007
Radio Free Iraq Correspondent Is Missing In Baghdad

A correspondent for RFE/RL's Arabic-language Radio Free Iraq has been reported missing in Baghdad.
October 18, 2007
Iraq: Family Seeking Asylum Tells Tragic Tale

October 18, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Iraqis fleeing in search of asylum in Europe often do so illegally, paying smugglers to transport them to the European Union. Their journeys are expensive and dangerous. Sa'id Ketchu lost his wife, 29-year-old Iman Eliyas Juma'a, on one such attempt in August. Sa'id and his 12-year-old daughter Janan recounted the experience to RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq correspondent Simira Ali Mandi on October 10.
October 18, 2007
Support For Armenian Genocide Measure Wanes In Washington

WASHINGTON, October 18, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- U.S. congressional support appears to be fading for a controversial resolution that defines the mass killing of Armenians during the final throes of the Ottoman Empire as genocide.
October 17, 2007
Turkey's Parliament Approves Troops For Iraq Operation

October 17, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Turkey's parliament today gave the government authority to enter northern Iraq and tackle Kurdish guerrillas based there.

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Saturday 3 November 2007

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Iraq

Saturday 3 November 2007

Iraq Pledges To Clamp Down On PKK

Iran Tips Hand Ahead Of Istanbul Conference On Iraq

Al-Anbar Initiative Makes Progress, But Baghdad Wary

Erdogan Says Turks, Kurds Should Remain United

New Sanctions Sharpen Confrontation

Iraq: Attacks On Turkish Forces Increase Pressure To Act Against PKK

Kurds Hold Key To Turkey's Dilemma

Turkey Makes Diplomatic Push To Avert Iraq Incursion

Radio Free Iraq Correspondent Is Missing In Baghdad

Iraq: Family Seeking Asylum Tells Tragic Tale

Support For Armenian Genocide Measure Wanes In Washington

Turkey's Parliament Approves Troops For Iraq Operation

Editors' Picks

RFE/RL Uncovers $1 Million Dubai Property In Ukrainian Lawmaker's Family

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A Kazakh Scientist's 10-Year Fight To Save Caspian Seals

The Volunteers Who Revived 'Romania's Life Magazine'

How Does Marco Rubio, Trump's Pick For Secretary Of State, See The World?

Top Trending

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