Monday, 13 May, 2024 , 22:45 AFP — An army officer and four soldiers were killed in an attack on their post in Iraq's central province of Salaheddin on Monday, officials said.

Monday, 13 May, 2024 , 21:02 AFP — A migrant-smuggler known as "Scorpion", wanted in several European countries, has been arrested in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, local authorities said Monday, after a BBC investigation tracked him down there.

Saturday, 11 May, 2024 , 15:23 AFP — Iran's conservatives and ultra-conservatives clinched more seats in a partial rerun of the country's parliamentary elections, official results showed Saturday, tightening their hold on the chamber.

Friday, 10 May, 2024 , 10:04 AFP — Iranians had the chance to cast ballots for parliament again on Friday in regions where candidates failed to secure enough votes in March, when conservatives and ultra-conservatives won a majority.

Wednesday, 8 May, 2024 , 22:20 AFP — Displaced Gazan Marwan al-Masri, sheltering in Rafah, said on Wednesday "life has completely ceased" since Israeli tanks and troops entered the city's east, sending desperate Palestinians fleeing north in the besieged territory.

Wednesday, 8 May, 2024 , 07:16 AFP — The reservoir behind the massive Darbandikhan dam, tucked between the rolling mountains of northeastern Iraq, is almost full again after four successive years of drought and severe water shortages.

Tuesday, 7 May, 2024 , 20:21 AFP — The United States announced Tuesday it had brought back two dozen Western citizens, half of them Americans, from Islamic State prison camps in northeastern Syria where tens of thousands have languished.

Tuesday, 7 May, 2024 , 19:15 AFP — The United States announced Tuesday it had brought back two dozen Western citizens, half of them Americans, from Islamic State prison camps in northeastern Syria where tens of thousands have languished.

Tuesday, 7 May, 2024 , 18:14 AFP — Iraq's highest court on Tuesday temporarily suspended preparations for June 10 parliamentary elections in the autonomous northern Kurdistan region, a source of tension between the two main Kurdish parties.

Tuesday, 7 May, 2024 , 14:05 AFP — The United States announced Tuesday it had brought back two dozen Western citizens, half of them Americans, from a camp for Islamic State prisoners in Syria, its largest-ever repatriation as thousands languish.