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Two children among three dead in Turkey tower block fire


Thursday, 5 June, 2025 , 19:07 AFP Two children and an adult died Thursday when a fire broke out in a 13-storey apartment block in Diyarbakir, the main city in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast, local officials said.

US military announces detention of Islamic State leader


Thursday, 5 June, 2025 , 02:20 AFP US military officials announced Wednesday the detention of an Islamic State group (IS) leader during international coalition operations in Iraq and Syria which also killed two other operatives.

Syria says seized all captagon factories


Wednesday, 4 June, 2025 , 17:46 AFP Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khattab said Wednesday that authorities had seized all production facilities of illicit stimulant captagon, which became Syria's largest export under ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad.

Azerbaijan's quiet diplomacy between Turkey and Israel


Tuesday, 3 June, 2025 , 05:49 AFP With growing influence after its recapture of Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenian separatists in 2023, Azerbaijan is using its close ties with Israel and Turkey to defuse tensions between the regional foes in Syria.

Six months after deposing Assad, Syria faces security, economic challenges


Tuesday, 3 June, 2025 , 02:39 AFP Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has in six months established himself internationally and had crippling sanctions removed, but still needs to rebuild national institutions, revive the economy and unite the fractured country.

Syria Kurdish forces say 3 personnel dead in IS attack


Sunday, 1 June, 2025 , 13:12 AFP Kurdish security forces in northeast Syria said an Islamic State group attack killed three personnel on Sunday, as the jihadists keep up their attacks in Kurdish-controlled areas of the war-torn country.

Kurdish delegation heads to Damascus for talks: Kurdish source


Saturday, 31 May, 2025 , 13:16 AFP A delegation from northeast Syria's semi-autonomous Kurdish administration was headed to Damascus on Saturday for talks on implementing a March deal to integrate Kurdish institutions into the state, a member of the delegation said.

Islamic State claims first attack on new Syria forces since Assad fall: monitors


Thursday, 29 May, 2025 , 21:50 AFP The Islamic State (IS) group on Thursday claimed its first attack on Syria's new government forces since the fall of longtime Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, two war monitors said.

US says supports gas deals with Kurdistan region after Iraq lawsuit


Tuesday, 27 May, 2025 , 19:29 AFP The United States said Tuesday it supported American energy companies' contracts with Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region after the Iraqi government filed a lawsuit against them.

US says supports gas deals with Kurdistan region after Iraq lawsuit


Tuesday, 27 May, 2025 , 19:17 AFP The United States said Tuesday it supported American energy companies' contracts with Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region after the Iraqi government filed a lawsuit against them.