Saturday, 13 December, 2025 , 17:47 AFP — Two American troops and an interpreter were killed in central Syria on Saturday after an alleged member of the Islamic State group opened fire on a joint US-Syrian patrol, officials said.
Saturday, 13 December, 2025 , 16:21 AFP — Several Syrian and American soldiers were wounded when shots were fired at a joint military delegation in Palmyra in central Syria on Saturday, state media said.
Saturday, 13 December, 2025 , 15:11 AFP — Several Syrian and American soldiers were wounded when shots were fired at a joint military delegation in Palmyra in central Syria on Saturday, state media said.
Friday, 12 December, 2025 , 17:55 AFP — Former Iraqi president Barham Salih is set to become the next United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, according to a document seen by AFP on Friday, taking over an agency tackling swingeing budget cuts.
Friday, 12 December, 2025 , 16:25 AFP — Iranian security forces on Friday "violently" arrested the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi along with at least eight other activists at a memorial ceremony for a lawyer who died earlier this month, her supporters said.
Friday, 12 December, 2025 , 12:00 AFP — Former Iraqi president Barham Salih will become the next United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, a UN source told AFP on Friday, taking over an agency tackling swingeing budget cuts.
Thursday, 11 December, 2025 , 17:42 AFP — More than a dozen women and children of various nationalities were caught trying to escape a northeast Syria camp that holds suspected relatives of Islamic State group jihadists, the facility's director told AFP on Thursday.
Thursday, 11 December, 2025 , 12:14 AFP — Tehran's first rains of the autumn, rare so late in the year, have brought relief to inhabitants suffering from a nationwide drought that has caused water shortages and degraded air quality.
Thursday, 11 December, 2025 , 10:42 AFP — South Sudan said Thursday it had come to an agreement with warring parties over a key oilfield in Sudan's southern Kordofan, near the country's border, after the site was seized by paramilitaries.
Thursday, 11 December, 2025 , 07:46 AFP — Iraqi authorities temporarily closed Baghdad International Airport early Thursday due to a thick fog that has reduced visibility, the transport ministry said.
