Wednesday, 31 December, 2025 , 15:47 AFP — Turkish-backed fighters killed three pro-Kurdish security personnel in Aleppo on Tuesday in the first such attack in Syria's second city since rebels seized power in early December, a war monitor said.

Wednesday, 31 December, 2025 , 14:00 AFP — Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of Kurdish militant group the PKK, is hailed by many Kurds as an icon, but within wider Turkish society many see him as a terrorist who deserves to die.

Wednesday, 31 December, 2025 , 11:24 AFP — Syria's new authorities announced on Tuesday that the military chief of the Islamist group that spearheaded the offensive that toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad had been appointed defence minister in the transitional government.

Tuesday, 30 December, 2025 , 19:35 AFP — Duty Editor: Asad Hashim

Tuesday, 30 December, 2025 , 10:21 AFP — A Syria war monitor said 31 combatants had been killed since Sunday in ongoing battles between Turkey-backed groups and Kurdish-led forces.

Tuesday, 30 December, 2025 , 05:03 AFP — Duty Editor: Hui Min Neo

Tuesday, 30 December, 2025 , 01:13 AFP — Duty Editor: Ty McCormick

Sunday, 29 December, 2024 , 21:21 AFP — Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa told Al Arabiya TV on Sunday that elections could take four years, noted the importance of ties with Iran and Russia, and called for the United States to lift sanctions.

Sunday, 29 December, 2024 , 20:46 AFP — Syria's leader Ahmed al-Sharaa told Al Arabiya on Sunday that elections could take four years, noting the importance of ties with Iran and Russia and calling for the United States to lift sanctions.

Sunday, 29 December, 2024 , 20:46 AFP — Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said local Kurdish-led forces which Turkey opposes should be integrated into the national army, in an interview with Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television on Sunday.