Friday, 18 July, 2025 , 13:16 AFP — Armed tribes supported by Syria's Islamist-led government clashed with Druze fighters in the community's Sweida heartland on Friday, a day after the army withdrew under Israeli bombardment and diplomatic pressure.

Friday, 18 July, 2025 , 09:23 AFP — Under Israeli bombardment and diplomatic pressure, Ahmed al-Sharaa pulled troops from Syria's Druze heartland -- a move that exposes the interim leader's weakness just as he sought to assert control.

Thursday, 17 July, 2025 , 20:47 AFP — The United States said Thursday it would allow its diplomats to return to Iraq, nearly a month after they were ordered out as a precaution following US strikes on neighboring Iran.

Thursday, 17 July, 2025 , 14:22 AFP — The Iraqi government announced Thursday an agreement to resume crude exports from the autonomous Kurdistan region after a more than two-year halt and amid drone attacks on oil fields.

Thursday, 17 July, 2025 , 13:58 AFP — A Kurdish official on Thursday urged Syria's new authorities to rethink their approach to the country's minorities following deadly clashes with Druze fighters in the south.

Thursday, 17 July, 2025 , 13:50 AFP — The Iraqi government announced Thursday an agreement to resume crude exports from the autonomous Kurdistan region after a more than a two-year halt and amid drone attacks on oil fields.

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Thursday, 17 July, 2025 , 11:57 AFP — A Kurdish official on Thursday urged Syria's new authorities to rethink their approach with the country's minorities following deadly clashes with Druze fighters in the country's south.

Thursday, 17 July, 2025 , 11:42 AFP —

Thursday, 17 July, 2025 , 10:18 AFP — A drone loaded with explosives struck an oil field in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region on Thursday, Kurdish forces said -- the second attack in two days on the Norwegian-operated site.