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Syria Kurds condemns 'crimes' against civilians, after mass killings


Sunday, 9 March, 2025 , 20:10 AFP Syria's semi-autonomous Kurdish administration condemned on Sunday deadly violence against civilians on the country's Mediterranean coast, where mass killings of the Alawite minority community have occurred.

Syria Kurds condemns 'crimes' against civilians, after mass killings


Sunday, 9 March, 2025 , 19:50 AFP

Rubio says Syria must hold accountable 'perpetrators of massacres'


Sunday, 9 March, 2025 , 14:08 AFP US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday condemned the "radical Islamist terrorists" behind "massacres" of minorities in Syria and demanded that the interim administration hold those responsible to account.

US ends waiver for Iraq to buy Iranian electricity


Sunday, 9 March, 2025 , 12:23 AFP Washington has declined to renew a sanctions waiver that allowed Iraq to buy electricity from neighbouring Iran, a spokesperson for the American embassy in Baghdad said on Sunday.

Erdogan ally warns PKK 'affiliated groups' must disarm as well


Sunday, 9 March, 2025 , 10:42 AFP A key ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that all "affiliated groups" of the Kurdish militant group PKK must disarm as well, as part of a historic ceasefire deal with Ankara.

Women will overthrow Iran's Islamic republic: Nobel laureate


Saturday, 8 March, 2025 , 14:41 AFP Women will overthrow the Islamic system established in Iran after the 1979 revolution even if the authorities survive a military conflict, Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi said in a message Saturday marking international women's day.

The major security challenges facing Syria's new rulers


Saturday, 8 March, 2025 , 10:54 AFP Syria's transitional authorities face a daunting task maintaining security in the ethnically and religiously diverse country, with challenges erupting across its territory to security forces still dominated by former Islamist rebels.

Faced with Russia, EU's defence must include Turkey


Friday, 7 March, 2025 , 19:15 AFP Turkey, with NATO's second-largest army and a Black Sea coastline, is looking to play a key role in Europe's security after Washington's pivot away from the region.

Iran to try design awards organisers over dress code breaches


Thursday, 6 March, 2025 , 19:53 AFP Iranian prosecutors are to try the organisers of a design awards ceremony held in Tehran for alleged breaches by guests of the country's strict dress code for women, the judiciary said on Thursday.

Turkey presses PKK to disarm 'immediately'


Thursday, 6 March, 2025 , 11:51 AFP Turkey on Thursday insisted the PKK and all groups allied with it must disarm and disband "immediately", a week after a historic call by the Kurdish militant group's jailed founder.