Wednesday, 15 January, 2025 , 18:56 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said "significant progress" had been made in efforts to revive dialogue between Ankara and the banned PKK militant group.

Wednesday, 15 January, 2025 , 18:42 AFP — Syria will never allow its territory to be used as a staging ground for threats against Turkey, its top diplomat said Wednesday after talks in Ankara.

Wednesday, 15 January, 2025 , 14:34 AFP — German prosectors on Wednesday said that they were charging a Syrian man with war crimes committed as a jihadist militant for the Islamic State group.

Wednesday, 15 January, 2025 , 10:06 AFP — Turkish prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against the Istanbul Bar Association for "terrorist propaganda" over its calls for a probe into journalist deaths in Syria, the country's main lawyers association has said.

Tuesday, 14 January, 2025 , 18:48 AFP — Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani met Tuesday with his UK counterpart Keir Starmer, securing a £12.3 billion ($15 billion) trade and investment package during a UK visit hailed as a "new era" in ties.

Tuesday, 14 January, 2025 , 11:56 AFP — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was to meet his Iraqi counterpart Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Tuesday for talks on trade, security and migration, in a visit hailed as a "new era" in ties.

Tuesday, 14 January, 2025 , 08:54 AFP — Syria's foreign minister said he would visit Turkey on Wednesday on the first official trip to the country since Islamist-backed rebels toppled president Bashar al-Assad last month.

Monday, 13 January, 2025 , 22:32 AFP — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosts his Iraqi counterpart Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Tuesday for talks on trade, security and migration hailed by Baghdad as marking a "new era" for the countries' ties.

Saturday, 11 January, 2025 , 16:16 AFP — A delegation from Turkey's pro-Kurd DEM political party met Saturday with its former president, jailed since 2016, as it pursues an effort to end decades of conflict between Ankara and the outlawed Kurdish PKK rebel group.

Saturday, 11 January, 2025 , 12:05 AFP — Syrian authorities foiled an attempt by Islamic State group jihadists to blow up a revered Shiite shrine in a Damascus suburb, a source within Syria's intelligence agency told state news agency SANA Saturday.