Turkish ground troops have entered northern Iraq in a drive against Kurdish separatists of the Kurdish Workers Party which Ankara accuses of using bases in Iraq to launch attacks against its forces in southeastern Turkey. Although Kurdish rebels say two Turkish troops have been killed in the fighting and another eight have been wounded, Turkey has not commented on those reports. Dorian Jones has more for the VOA from Istanbul.

The United States Friday called on Turkey to limit the scope of its ground incursion in northern Iraq and bring it to an early conclusion. The operation is apparently the biggest of several recent Turkish military strikes against Kurdish PKK rebels. VOA's David Gollust reports from the State Department.

Azerbaijan's government has raised concerns with U.S. officials that militants from Turkey's Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) are expanding from northern Iraq into the Caucasus and could be setting up cells in Azerbaijan.

Turkey's prime minister criticized European nations Saturday for providing sanctuary to groups that support the Kurdish Workers Party, which Turkey, the European Union and the United States have labeled a terrorist organization. VOA's Al Pessin reports from Munich, where Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke to the European Security Conference on Saturday.

Turkish warplanes have again bombed alleged Kurdish guerrilla positions in northern Iraq.

YEREVAN--Recent allegations by Azeri and Turkish media that the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) is planning on stationing its forces in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh are absurd, said Armenian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Vladimir Karapetian during an interview with Regnum News Agency.

US State Department said it was hunting for a diplomatic resolution to tensions on Turkey's border with Iraq, after a new report raised the possibility of US-Turkish strikes on Kurdish terrorists.

Turkey shells Iraq border on frontier border in Kurdish region at rebels PKK camps for their freedom to ambush Turkish soldiers from last month.