Wednesday, 10 April, 2024 , 16:14 AFP — Two suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) group have been arrested in Germany accused of enslaving and sexually abusing a pair of Yazidi girls in Syria and Iraq, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Tuesday, 9 April, 2024 , 21:35 AFP — Eight Syrian fighters working with Iran's Revolutionary Guards were killed Tuesday in a knife attack on their position in eastern Syria's Deir Ezzor province, a war monitor said.

Saturday, 6 April, 2024 , 04:21 AFP — Iraq is using a period of relative stability to assert more control over the oil-rich autonomous Kurdistan region that has long had fraught relations with federal authorities, analysts and politicians say.

Friday, 5 April, 2024 , 17:03 AFP — With chants and ululations, Iraqi Christians celebrated the inauguration of a recently-restored Chaldean Catholic Church in Mosul on Friday, years after jihadists turned it into a religious police office.

Thursday, 4 April, 2024 , 13:06 AFP — The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday prolonged by a year an independent international fact-finding mission investigating Iran's deadly crackdown on protests that erupted in 2022.

Thursday, 4 April, 2024 , 03:56 AFP — Three security personnel, including the deputy of a police station, have been killed in "terrorist attacks" in Iran, state media reported Thursday, two days after seven Iranian Revolutionary Guards were killed in an air raid in Syria.

Wednesday, 3 April, 2024 , 18:47 AFP — Turkey's pro-Kurdish party on Wednesday said the country's election authority had reinstated a mayoral election winner in the eastern city of Van, after clashes over the annulment of his victory.

Wednesday, 3 April, 2024 , 17:51 AFP — Turkey's pro-Kurdish party on Wednesday said it was contesting a ruling that annulled the election of its mayoral candidate in the eastern city of Van, after the election board's decision sparked clashes.

Wednesday, 3 April, 2024 , 10:42 AFP — Turkey's pro-Kurdish party said Wednesday it was contesting a ruling that annulled the election of its mayoral candidate in eastern city Van, after the election board's decision sparked clashes.

Tuesday, 2 April, 2024 , 19:46 AFP — Turkey's election officials have overturned the election of a pro-Kurdish mayoral candidate in the eastern city of Van, his party said on Tuesday, triggering protests and clashes with police as opposition politicians criticised the move.