Friday, 24 January, 2025 , 11:04 AFP — A court in Norway on Friday jailed two sisters for being members of the Islamic State (IS) group, after they secretly travelled to Syria as teens in 2013.

Friday, 24 January, 2025 , 06:43 AFP — More than 50,000 Syrian refugees have left Turkey to return home since Bashar al-Assad's ouster. But for many others living in the country, the thought raises a host of worrying questions.

Thursday, 23 January, 2025 , 23:02 AFP — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for an inclusive transition in Syria after the fall of leader Bashar al-Assad, in a call with powerbroker Turkey, the State Department said Thursday.

Thursday, 23 January, 2025 , 15:17 AFP — Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi on Thursday called for an "end" to the Islamic republic and urged human rights to be a precondition of any negotiation with Tehran as she addressed French lawmakers, in a rare encounter with an Iran-based activist.

Wednesday, 22 January, 2025 , 17:13 AFP — Iranian Vice President Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday his government had put off enforcing the country's strict Islamic dress code in order "not to put women under pressure".

Wednesday, 22 January, 2025 , 16:15 AFP — Two pro-Kurdish Turkish lawmakers met Wednesday with the jailed founder of the PKK, part of an effort to revive dialogue between Ankara and the banned militant organisation.

Wednesday, 22 January, 2025 , 15:47 AFP — Syria's defence minister said Wednesday that Damascus was open to talks with Kurdish-led forces on their integration into the national army but stood ready to use force should negotiations fail.

Wednesday, 22 January, 2025 , 14:03 AFP — Syria's defence minister said on Wednesday that Damascus was open to talks with a Kurdish-led group on its dismantling, but did not rule out the use of force should negotiations fail.

Wednesday, 22 January, 2025 , 13:31 AFP — Syria's defence minister said the interim authorities were open to talks with a Kurdish-led group on its dismantling, but did not rule out the use of force should negotiations fail.

Wednesday, 22 January, 2025 , 13:19 AFP — Iran's judiciary said Wednesday there has been "no definitive sentence" against popular singer Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, known as Tataloo, days after local media reported he had been sentenced to death.