Monday, 2 June, 2014 , 13:06 AFP — Rebels have stepped up attacks on regime-held areas of Aleppo in the run-up to Tuesday presidential election, killing 54 in two days, a monitoring group said.

Sunday, 1 June, 2014 , 15:06 AFP — Ankara has been "driven by greed" in an escalating row over oil pumped from Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region and shipped overseas via Turkey, Baghdad's top energy official told AFP Sunday.

Sunday, 1 June, 2014 , 13:34 AFP — Ankara has been "driven by greed" in an escalating row over oil pumped from Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region and shipped overseas via Turkey, Baghdad's top energy official told AFP Sunday.

Sunday, 1 June, 2014 , 12:27 AFP — Turkey has been "driven by greed" in an escalating row over oil pumped from Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region and shipped overseas, Baghdad's top energy official told AFP on Sunday.

Sunday, 1 June, 2014 , 11:38 AFP — Turkey has been "driven by greed" in an escalating row over oil pumped from Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region and shipped overseas, Baghdad's top politician responsible for energy told AFP Sunday.

Friday, 30 May, 2014 , 19:04 AFP — Nearly 2,000 civilians, more than a quarter of them children, have been killed in a massive Syrian air offensive on rebel-held areas of Aleppo province this year, a monitor said Friday.

Friday, 30 May, 2014 , 15:32 AFP — Syria's most extremist group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), have kidnapped nearly 200 Kurdish civilians from the Aleppo area, a monitor said on Friday.

Sunday, 25 May, 2014 , 16:44 AFP — Iraq's Kurdistan region on Sunday slammed legal action filed by the central government against Turkey, saying it was illegitimate and likely to fail, in the latest sign of worsening ties with Baghdad.

Sunday, 25 May, 2014 , 13:50 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish region slammed legal action filed by the central government against Turkey, saying Sunday it was illegitimate and likely to fail, the latest in worsening ties between Baghdad and Kurdistan.

Friday, 23 May, 2014 , 15:14 AFP — Baghdad launched legal action against Ankara Friday after oil from Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region was exported to international markets without the cental government's consent, potentially worsening already-poor ties between the neighbours.