Thursday, 2 January, 2025 , 16:45 AFP — Authorities in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah have banned four organisations accused of affiliation with the Turkish-blacklisted Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), activists said Thursday, denouncing the move as "political".

Thursday, 2 January, 2025 , 13:52 AFP — A delegation from Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition DEM party met Thursday with the parliamentary speaker and far-right MHP leader amid tentative efforts to resume dialogue between Ankara and the banned PKK militant group.

Thursday, 2 January, 2025 , 12:47 AFP — Narges Mohammadi, the Iranian 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, will publish her autobiography and is working on a book on women held like her on political charges, she said in an interview published Thursday.

Thursday, 2 January, 2025 , 12:45 AFP — Ardavan Yousefi has gotten so used to life under Iran's sweeping internet restrictions that for him, a recent decision to lift a ban on messaging service WhatsApp went virtually unnoticed.

Thursday, 2 January, 2025 , 10:10 AFP — A delegation from Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition DEM party said it would meet Thursday with the parliamentary speaker and far-right MHP leader amid tentative efforts to resume dialogue between Ankara and the banned PKK militant group.

Thursday, 2 January, 2025 , 08:18 AFP — Narges Mohammadi, the Iranian 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, says her body may be weakened from her long imprisonment but she still has a mind of "steel", according to an interview published Thursday.

Wednesday, 1 January, 2025 , 02:22 AFP — Umayyad Square in Damascus hummed to the throngs of people brandishing "revolution" flags as Syria saw in the new year with hope following 13 years of civil war.

Wednesday, 31 December, 2025 , 22:56 AFP — Umayyad Square in Damascus hummed to the throngs of people brandishing "revolution" flags as Syria saw in the new year with "hope" following 13 years of civil war.

Wednesday, 31 December, 2025 , 19:16 AFP — Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa met with senior Christian clerics on Tuesday, amid calls on the Islamist chief to guarantee minority rights after seizing power earlier this month.

Wednesday, 31 December, 2025 , 16:53 AFP — Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has held talks with delegates of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an official told AFP on Tuesday, adding that they had been "positive".