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'We chose it': PKK fighters cherish life in Iraq's mountains


Tuesday, 2 December, 2025 , 02:14 AFP A Kurdish militant picks his way along a switchback road in Iraq's mountains before pulling over to alert his comrades in a nearby hidden bunker that they are about to have company.

PKK urges Turkey to free Ocalan to advance peace process


Sunday, 30 November, 2025 , 15:01 AFP A senior Kurdistan Workers' Party commander has told AFP the group will take no further steps in the peace process with Turkey, urging it to advance negotiations by freeing PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan.

PKK urges Turkey to free Ocalan to advance peace process


Sunday, 30 November, 2025 , 13:33 AFP A senior Kurdistan Workers' Party commander told AFP the group will take no further steps in the peace process with Turkey, urging it to advance negotiations and free PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan.

PKK won't take further peace steps, urges Turkey to free Ocalan: commander


Sunday, 30 November, 2025 , 13:12 AFP A senior Kurdistan Workers' Party commander told AFP the PKK will take no further steps in the ongoing peace process with Turkey, urging Ankara to advance negotiations and release its founder Abdullah Ocalan.

PKK won't take further peace steps, urges Turkey to free Ocalan: commander


Sunday, 30 November, 2025 , 12:56 AFP A senior Kurdistan Workers' Party commander told AFP the group will take no further steps in the ongoing peace process with Turkey, urging Ankara to advance negotiations and release its founder Abdullah Ocalan.

France to employ new tactics in halting UK-bound Channel migrants


Friday, 28 November, 2025 , 16:21 AFP France is to start stopping boats at sea before they take migrants across the Channel bound for southern England, local officials said Friday, in a change in strategy after intense pressure from the UK.

Syria's Sharaa recognised 'legitimate demands' of Alawite protesters


Thursday, 27 November, 2025 , 20:22 AFP Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Thursday that protesters had "legitimate demands", state media reported, days after thousands took to the streets to denounce violence against the country's Alawite minority.

Nobel winner says 'permanently' barred from leaving Iran


Thursday, 27 November, 2025 , 18:32 AFP Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi on Thursday said she was permanently barred from leaving Iran, in a birthday message to her teenage twins who she has not seen for over a decade.

Iraq to probe attack on major gas complex that triggered power cuts


Thursday, 27 November, 2025 , 14:14 AFP Iraq said on Thursday it would investigate an attack on an Emirati-owned gas complex in the autonomous Kurdistan region, which disrupted gas supplies and caused power cuts.

Drone strike hits Iraq gas complex, cuts supply


Wednesday, 26 November, 2025 , 23:11 AFP A drone strike on Wednesday targeted an Emirati-owned gas complex in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, disrupting the gas supply to the region's power plants, local authorities said.