Friday, 20 March, 2026 , 18:11 AFP — In Iraq's northern Kurdistan region, women perform a traditional dance, their long dresses spinning, gold tassels and heavy necklaces catching the firelight, as smaller crowds than usual celebrate Nowruz, overshadowed by the Middle East conflict.

Friday, 20 March, 2026 , 16:50 AFP — A French jihadist was sentenced to life in jail on Friday for involvement in Islamic State group atrocities against the Yazidi minority in Iraq and Syria, the first such case in France.

Friday, 20 March, 2026 , 14:37 AFP — A French jihadist was sentenced to life in jail on Friday for involvement in Islamic State group atrocities against Iraq's Yazidi minority, the first case in France to tackle the issue.

Friday, 20 March, 2026 , 11:28 AFP — A French jihadist tried in absentia over Islamic State group crimes against the Yazidi minority in the Middle East should be jailed for life, Paris prosecutors said on Friday.

Thursday, 19 March, 2026 , 19:06 AFP — A Yazidi woman who was held as a sex slave by the Islamic State group testified Thursday before a French court, describing in stark detail the horrors she endured under jihadist captivity.

Thursday, 19 March, 2026 , 18:22 AFP — Sarvanaz remembers celebrating Iranian new year as a girl under the bombs of the Iran-Iraq war. As Tehran is again shaken by explosions, she said marking the Nowruz festival has again taken on new meaning.

Thursday, 19 March, 2026 , 18:10 AFP — Sarvanaz remembers celebrating Iranian new year as a girl under the bombs of the Iran-Iraq war. As Tehran is again shaken by explosions, she said marking the Nowruz festival has again taken on new meaning.

Thursday, 19 March, 2026 , 17:03 AFP — Since the United States and Israel unleashed strikes on Iran on February 28, war has spread across the Middle East, with casualties reported in countries across the region.

Thursday, 19 March, 2026 , 16:51 AFP — Sarvanaz remembers celebrating Iranian new year as a girl under the bombs of the Iran-Iraq war. As Tehran is again shaken by explosions, she said marking the Nowruz festival has again taken on new meaning.

Thursday, 19 March, 2026 , 13:17 AFP — A pro-Iran group in Iraq vowed Thursday to stop attacking the US embassy in Baghdad for five days, but only under certain conditions, with strikes targeting other locations in the country.