Wednesday, 25 February, 2015 , 17:10 AFP —

Wednesday, 25 February, 2015 , 15:50 AFP — The kidnapping of dozens of Assyrian Christians by the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria has prompted an exodus of terrified families fleeing their homes, activists said Wednesday.

Sunday, 22 February, 2015 , 16:54 AFP — Kurdish fighters have launched an offensive against jihadists in Syria's northeastern Hassakeh province and pushed them from several areas, a monitoring group and the main Kurdish party said.

Sunday, 22 February, 2015 , 12:40 AFP — A Swedish journalist has been freed from captivity in Syria after a week-long detention by Syrian government forces, local media reported Sunday.

Sunday, 22 February, 2015 , 11:24 AFP — The Islamic State jihadist group released a new video on Sunday purporting to show captured Kurdish peshmerga fighters paraded through Iraqi streets in cages.

Thursday, 19 February, 2015 , 16:49 AFP — Syrian Kurdish and rebel forces, backed by US-led air strikes, advanced on Thursday into Raqa province, where the jihadist Islamic State group has its de facto capital, a monitor said.

Wednesday, 18 February, 2015 , 15:28 AFP — UN experts on Wednesday joined a chorus of calls for Tehran to halt plans to execute a young Iranian Kurdish man who was sentenced to death over a crime he committed as a minor.

Wednesday, 18 February, 2015 , 11:42 AFP — Kurdish peshmerga forces have repulsed a major attack by the Islamic State jihadist group southwest of Iraqi Kurdistan's capital Arbil, officials said Wednesday.

Tuesday, 17 February, 2015 , 22:10 AFP — International human rights groups appealed to Tehran Tuesday to halt its planned execution of a young Iranian Kurdish man who was sentenced to death over a crime he committed as a minor.

Tuesday, 17 February, 2015 , 20:23 AFP — International human rights groups appealed to Tehran Tuesday to halt its planned execution of a young Iranian Kurdish man who was sentenced to death as a minor after allegedly being tortured.