Wednesday, 11 June, 2025 , 11:56 AFP — Iran on Wednesday hanged a man convicted of killing seven people, including a 10-year-old boy, during nationwide protests in 2022 but human rights groups said he was the victim of a wrongful conviction.

Wednesday, 11 June, 2025 , 06:09 AFP — Iran executed a man on Wednesday after convicting him of killing seven people, including a 10-year-old boy, during nationwide protests in 2022, the judiciary said.

Thursday, 5 June, 2025 , 20:08 AFP — A mother and three children died Thursday when a fire broke out in a 13-storey apartment block in Diyarbakir, the main city in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast, local officials said.

Thursday, 5 June, 2025 , 19:21 AFP — Three children and an adult died Thursday when a fire broke out in a 13-storey apartment block in Diyarbakir, the main city in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast, local officials said.

Thursday, 5 June, 2025 , 19:07 AFP — Two children and an adult died Thursday when a fire broke out in a 13-storey apartment block in Diyarbakir, the main city in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast, local officials said.

Thursday, 5 June, 2025 , 02:20 AFP — US military officials announced Wednesday the detention of an Islamic State group (IS) leader during international coalition operations in Iraq and Syria which also killed two other operatives.

Wednesday, 4 June, 2025 , 17:46 AFP — Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khattab said Wednesday that authorities had seized all production facilities of illicit stimulant captagon, which became Syria's largest export under ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad.

Tuesday, 3 June, 2025 , 05:49 AFP — With growing influence after its recapture of Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenian separatists in 2023, Azerbaijan is using its close ties with Israel and Turkey to defuse tensions between the regional foes in Syria.

Tuesday, 3 June, 2025 , 02:39 AFP — Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has in six months established himself internationally and had crippling sanctions removed, but still needs to rebuild national institutions, revive the economy and unite the fractured country.

Sunday, 1 June, 2025 , 13:12 AFP — Kurdish security forces in northeast Syria said an Islamic State group attack killed three personnel on Sunday, as the jihadists keep up their attacks in Kurdish-controlled areas of the war-torn country.