51.   This summer, one Kurdish faction allegedly received limited military assistance from neighboring Iran, archenemy of Iraq.

52.   Turkish planes continued their bombing attacks Friday on camps inside Iraq that are used by the Kurdish faction, the Kurdistan Workers Party.

53.   Traders are waiting for further developments in northern Iraq, where two rival Kurdish factions appear to be on the verge of a military conflict.

54.   A de-facto Kurdish state set up in northern Iraq after the Gulf War is mired in poverty and conflicts between Kurdish factions.

55.   A Kurdish faction allied with President Saddam Hussein captured two towns from a rival Kurdish group in fierce fighting Sunday.

56.   A Kurdish faction has declared its support for a cease-fire that began Friday in northern Iraq following several days of fighting with rival Kurds.

57.   A senior U.N. official in Iraq traveled to the north Wednesday, hoping to persuade two rival Kurdish factions to stop fighting and allow humanitarian aid to the area.

58.   A Kurdish faction allied with President Saddam Hussein captured two towns in fierce fighting Sunday with a rival Kurdish group in northern Iraq.

59.   A Kurdish faction has declared its support for a cease-fire in northern Iraq following several days of fighting with rival Kurds.

60.   A Kurdish faction in northern Iraq claimed Friday it had inflicted heavy losses on its rival in the latest round of fighting for control of the lawless region.