Monday, 18 March, 2024 , 16:56 AFP — Iran says in an official report that fewer than 300 people died during protests in 2022 sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini after she allegedly broke the country's Islamic dress code.
Monday, 18 March, 2024 , 15:55 AFP — The main party in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region said on Monday it would boycott local elections, accusing the Baghdad-based supreme court of interfering in regional affairs.
Monday, 18 March, 2024 , 11:27 AFP — Millions of Iranians will travel to be with their families for Nowruz, the Persian New Year, on Wednesday but economic troubles in the sanctions-hit country are weighing on the festivities.
Monday, 18 March, 2024 , 03:48 AFP — The al-Hol camp is the largest of two in northeastern Syria holding the families of Islamic State fighters.
Monday, 18 March, 2024 , 03:31 AFP — Ali is 12 and has survived things no child should see, spending half his life in what amounts to a prison camp for jihadist families in an arid corner of northeastern Syria.
Sunday, 17 March, 2024 , 21:05 AFP — Around 50 people including an AFP journalist were detained by police on Sunday in Istanbul on the sidelines of the Kurdish New Year celebrations, witnesses said.
Sunday, 17 March, 2024 , 19:18 AFP — Around 50 people including an AFP journalist were detained by police on Sunday in Istanbul on the sidelines of the Kurdish New Year celebrations, witnesses said.
Sunday, 17 March, 2024 , 17:29 AFP — Around 50 people including an AFP journalist were arrested by police on Sunday in Istanbul on the sidelines of the Kurdish New Year celebrations, witnesses said.
Saturday, 16 March, 2024 , 20:06 AFP — At least 19 people searching for truffles in the north Syria desert were killed Saturday after their vehicle hit a landmine, a war monitor said, raising an earlier toll of 16.
Saturday, 16 March, 2024 , 14:07 AFP — At least 16 people searching for truffles in the north Syria desert were killed Saturday after their vehicle hit a landmine, a war monitor said.