Monday, 11 November, 2013 , 02:19 AFP — As the latest jihadist-Kurdish military showdown eases in northeast Syria, Baghdad is keeping a close watch on a battle which threatens even greater instability in Iraq.

Wednesday, 6 November, 2013 , 13:01 AFP — Iraq said Wednesday it would proceed with work alongside British energy giant BP on a controversial northern oilfield, in a move likely to spark anger in the country's Kurdish region.

Tuesday, 5 November, 2013 , 19:46 AFP — Kurdish militia in northern Syria have expelled Al-Qaeda-linked fighters from the majority Kurdish area of Ras al-Ain on the Turkish border, a monitoring group said on Tuesday.

Monday, 4 November, 2013 , 13:37 AFP — Kurdish fighters have driven jihadists from 19 towns and villages across northeastern Syria in recent days, a week after capturing a key Iraqi border crossing, a monitoring group said Monday.

Sunday, 3 November, 2013 , 16:51 AFP — A mortar round hit near the ancient citadel in the heart of the Syrian capital on Sunday, while fierce clashes raged in several Damascus neighbourhoods, a monitoring group said.

Saturday, 2 November, 2013 , 19:20 AFP — Syrian air and land forces pressed efforts to crush rebel-held pockets around Damascus on Saturday, as Kurdish fighters in the country's north drove home advances against jihadist groups, monitors said.

Tuesday, 29 October, 2013 , 11:26 AFP — UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, in Syria Tuesday on the most sensitive leg of a regional push for peace talks, has warned of the 'Somalisation' of the war-ravaged country.

Sunday, 27 October, 2013 , 08:41 AFP — A top commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards said his forces killed three rebels and arrested three others in a western region that borders Iraqi Kurdistan, media reported on Sunday.

Saturday, 26 October, 2013 , 18:05 AFP — Syrian Kurds drove jihadists from an Iraq border crossing in fierce clashes Saturday, activists said, as the UN-Arab League envoy took his regional peace mission to regime ally Iran.

Saturday, 26 October, 2013 , 14:50 AFP — Syrian Kurds drove jihadists from an Iraq border crossing in fierce clashes Saturday, activists said, as the UN-Arab League envoy took his regional peace mission to regime ally Iran.