Thursday, 16 April, 2026 , 15:35 AFP — Syria said Thursday it had taken control of all military bases hosting US troops who were deployed in the country for years leading an international coalition against the Islamic State (IS) group.

Thursday, 16 April, 2026 , 15:17 AFP — Syria said on Thursday it had taken control of all military bases hosting US forces who had been in the country for years leading an international coalition against the Islamic State group.

Thursday, 16 April, 2026 , 12:32 AFP — Syria said on Thursday that it had taken control of a military base in Hasakeh province in the northeast after forces from the US-led international coalition against the Islamic State group withdrew.

Thursday, 16 April, 2026 , 03:21 AFP — In a packed hall in Qamishli's sports stadium in northeast Syria, Firas Ahmad is one of dozens of Kurds waiting to apply for citizenship after many in the minority were barred from doing so for decades.

Wednesday, 15 April, 2026 , 17:55 AFP — Syria began loading its first tanker carrying Iraqi oil on Wednesday at the Baniyas port refinery, according to state media and an AFP correspondent, after Iraq was largely unable to export during the Middle East war.

Tuesday, 14 April, 2026 , 20:37 AFP — A drone struck an Iranian Kurdish group on Tuesday, killing a woman in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region, a party official told AFP.

Tuesday, 14 April, 2026 , 15:30 AFP — A drone struck an Iranian Kurdish group on Tuesday wounding three people, a party official told AFP, in the first such attack in northern Iraq since a fragile ceasefire took effect in the region.

Tuesday, 14 April, 2026 , 15:28 AFP — A drone struck an Iranian Kurdish group on Tuesday wounding three people, a party official told AFP, in the first such attack in northern Iraq since a fragile ceasefire took effect in the region.

Tuesday, 14 April, 2026 , 08:30 AFP — Iraq's judiciary said Tuesday it had handed over two detained foreigners, from Finland and the United States, to their countries after finding that had not been Islamic State group members.

Monday, 13 April, 2026 , 12:49 AFP — A French court on Monday fined the cement group Lafarge over $1.3 million and sentenced its former boss to six years in prison for paying protection money to the Islamic State group and other jihadists to maintain its business in war-torn Syria.