Saturday, 24 May, 2025 , 15:34 AFP — A Syrian government delegation visited a notorious camp in the Kurdish-administered northeast that hosts families of suspected Islamic State group jihadists, the new authorities' first visit, both sides said Saturday.

Tuesday, 20 May, 2025 , 12:51 AFP — The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has said Turkey should ease prison conditions for its founder Abdullah Ocalan, declaring him the group's "chief negotiator" for any future talks after a decision to disband.

Tuesday, 20 May, 2025 , 11:54 AFP — The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has said Turkey should ease prison conditions for its founder Abdullah Ocalan, declaring him the group's "chief negotiator" for any future talks after a decision to disband.

Tuesday, 20 May, 2025 , 11:32 AFP — The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has expressed objection for its members to be exiled from Turkey under any future peace talks with Ankara, following a historic decision to disband.

Tuesday, 20 May, 2025 , 11:26 AFP — The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has said that Turkey did not provide any "guarantees" to facilitate peace talks after the group had adopted a historic decision to disband.

Tuesday, 20 May, 2025 , 11:26 AFP — The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said Turkey should ease prison conditions for its founder Abdullah Ocalan, announcing him as the group's "chief negotiator" for any future peace talks after a decision to disband.

Tuesday, 20 May, 2025 , 11:20 AFP — The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said Tuesday that Turkey should ease prison conditions for its founder Abdullah Ocalan, announcing him as the group's "chief negotiator" for any future peace talks after a decision to disband.

Sunday, 18 May, 2025 , 20:36 AFP — A "major" shift is needed to repair broken ties between the Turkish state and the country's Kurdish minority following the historic decision of the Kurdistan Workers Party to disarm, its jailed founder said Sunday.

Sunday, 18 May, 2025 , 16:10 AFP — Turkey's drug squad has destroyed 30,000 marijuana plants being secretly grown in a vast terraced garden by the Tigris River that is on the UN Cultural Heritage list, media reports said on Sunday.

Saturday, 17 May, 2025 , 19:53 AFP — Syria's defence minister on Saturday gave holdout armed groups a 10-day deadline to join the war-torn country's forces, in the latest push to unify ranks following Bashar al-Assad's ouster.