Tuesday, 8 April, 2025 , 15:52 AFP — Pro-Turkey Syrian groups have scaled down their military presence in an historically Kurdish-majority area of the country's north which they have controlled since 2018, a Syrian defence ministry official said on Tuesday.

Tuesday, 8 April, 2025 , 15:26 AFP — Two German left-wing extremists who had been living in exile in Venezuela were given suspended sentences on Tuesday for planning an attack in the 1990s, after they returned to Germany under a plea deal.

Tuesday, 8 April, 2025 , 04:06 AFP — All of the women in Iranian model Azadeh's family have had nose surgeries, each feeling the pressure to conform with Western beauty standards in a country where female bodies are heavily policed.

Monday, 7 April, 2025 , 15:47 AFP — Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa will on Friday visit Turkey, a key supporter of his Islamist-led coalition which toppled president Bashar al-Assad, a Turkish official said on Monday.

Friday, 4 April, 2025 , 18:17 AFP — Kurdish fighters withdrew Friday from two neighbourhoods of Syria's Aleppo city, a local official and state media said, part of a broader push to integrate Kurdish-led institutions into the new Syrian state.

Tuesday, 1 April, 2025 , 21:36 AFP — Two people were injured on Tuesday in a cleaver attack on an Assyrian Christian celebration in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, officials said, pointing to the Islamic State jihadist group.

Tuesday, 1 April, 2025 , 17:53 AFP — Two people were injured on Tuesday in an attack on an Assyrian Christian celebration in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, officials said.

Tuesday, 1 April, 2025 , 15:54 AFP — A Swedish journalist arrested on arrival in Turkey and detained on terrorism charges is being kept away from other prisoners but is otherwise in "good spirits", his employer said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 1 April, 2025 , 15:00 AFP — A Swedish journalist arrested on arrival in Turkey and detained on terrorism charges is being kept away from other prisoners but is otherwise in "good spirits", his employer said on Tuesday.

Monday, 31 March, 2025 , 20:28 AFP — Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa said Monday a new transitional government would aim for consensus in rebuilding the war-torn country but acknowledged it would be unable to satisfy everyone.