Friday, 27 March, 2026 , 14:42 AFP — A senior Iraqi Kurdistan official said the United States is not arming Iranian Kurdish opposition groups exiled in his autonomous region, reiterating his government opposes any involvement by these groups in the Middle East war.

Friday, 27 March, 2026 , 14:37 AFP — Turkish officials have blocked the X account of an AFP correspondent based in the mainly Kurdish southeast of the country, AFP correspondents noted Friday.

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Friday, 27 March, 2026 , 11:25 AFP — Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa will visit Germany on Monday for talks with Chancellor Friedrich Merz, a government spokesman in Berlin said.

Friday, 27 March, 2026 , 11:23 AFP — After a month of war with Israel and the United States with no clear end in sight, Iranians tell AFP about how life has changed, about watching missiles fall, and how security forces have tightened their grip.

Thursday, 26 March, 2026 , 16:05 AFP — Hunched against the cold and drizzle, Iraqi army medic Ahmed and two colleagues looked across the wreckage that just days ago was their clinic, now rubble after a strike on Wednesday.

Thursday, 26 March, 2026 , 02:39 AFP — Iraq has long walked a tightrope between the competing interests of the United States and its neighbour Iran, but the Middle East war is testing this delicate balancing act.

Wednesday, 25 March, 2026 , 19:23 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.

Wednesday, 25 March, 2026 , 19:09 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.