May 2011: 12 PKK militants were killed while they were trying to pass the Turkish-Iraqi border.

One of the Turkish fighter jets (s/n 56-3903) was shot down and crashed in Zakho valley near the Turkish-Iraqi border.

Western diplomats said they were less convinced that the Iraqi offensive had ended, but acknowledged that they no longer could hear gunfire across the Turkish-Iraqi border.

It was the first major land crossing of the Turkish-Iraqi border by American forces since the campaign to aid refugees began.

Both prime ministers called for wider cooperation and indicated that two more crossings could be opened along the Turkish-Iraqi border in the future.

Whatever the real numbers may be, it was evident that a human drama of potentially enormous proportions was unfolding at the Turkish-Iraqi border.

The Coalition committed 540,000 troops, and a further 100,000 Turkish troops were deployed along the Turkish-Iraqi border.

Illegally sold oil is moving by truck across the Turkish-Iraqi border.

Seven thousand miles from their comfortable homes in California, two Kurdish-Americans are traveling through isolated villages and refugee camps along the Turkish-Iraqi border searching for lost relatives.

Conditions for the refugees living in the mountains along the Turkish-Iraqi border remain very difficult.