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Migrant relatives sue French state over 2021 Channel tragedy


Friday, 15 March, 2024 , 13:24 AFP The family of an Ethiopian man who was among 27 migrants who drowned in 2021 when their boat capsized in the Channel filed a complaint Friday suing the French state in the first such case over the disaster, two groups said.

Turkish ministers in Baghdad talks ahead of Erdogan visit


Thursday, 14 March, 2024 , 23:29 AFP A high-ranking Turkish delegation held talks in Baghdad on Thursday, discussing key security and energy issues ahead of an expected visit by Turkey's president, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said.

Turkish ministers in Baghdad talks ahead of Erdogan visit


Thursday, 14 March, 2024 , 20:33 AFP A high-ranking Turkish delegation held talks in Baghdad on Thursday, discussing key security and energy issues ahead of an expected visit by the Turkish president, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said.

Syria war death toll over 507,000, 13 years on


Thursday, 14 March, 2024 , 13:27 AFP Syria's war has killed more than 507,000 people, a war monitor said Thursday ahead of the 13th anniversary of the conflict which has displaced millions at home and abroad.

Sweden won't help citizens held in IS camps return: FM


Wednesday, 13 March, 2024 , 18:08 AFP Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said Wednesday that the country would not offer aid to return Swedes that had joined the Islamic State group and were currently held in camps in northeastern Syria.

Turkish officials due at security meeting in Iraq Thursday


Wednesday, 13 March, 2024 , 14:50 AFP Top Turkish officials including the foreign minister and intelligence chief will attend a security meeting in Iraq on Thursday, a Turkish ministry spokesman said.

Iraq repatriates 625 people from Syria camp


Sunday, 10 March, 2024 , 17:05 AFP Nearly 160 Iraqi families have been repatriated from Syria's Al-Hol camp, home to tens of thousands of people including family members of suspected jihadists, an Iraqi government spokesman said Sunday.

10 jihadists killed in Iraq anti-IS operation: army


Sunday, 10 March, 2024 , 16:43 AFP Iraqi forces have killed 10 jihadists during an operation against Islamic State group remnants in a vast desert area northwest of Baghdad, authorities said Sunday.

From Dubai to Chile, Turkish series expand their empire


Sunday, 10 March, 2024 , 08:10 AFP In the skies above Istanbul's Tophane neighbourhood, seagulls are sent scattering by a drone that's filming a policeman arresting a young woman on the streets below.

'Sacred job': Iraq Kurds digitise books to save threatened culture


Sunday, 10 March, 2024 , 04:43 AFP Huddled in the back of a van, Rebin Pishtiwan carefully scans one yellowed page after another, as part of his mission to digitise historic Kurdish books at risk of disappearing.