Saturday, 13 July, 2024 , 14:44 AFP — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday announced the imminent end to the Turkish forces' operation against Kurdish PKK fighters in northern Iraq and Syria.

Friday, 12 July, 2024 , 01:49 AFP — Campaign posters have sprung up across Damascus as Syria prepares to hold a parliamentary election in government-held areas on Monday that is designed to renew the ruling Baath party's grip on power.

Wednesday, 10 July, 2024 , 20:47 AFP — Iraqi authorities denounced Wednesday renewed Turkish military operations and "incursions" into northern Iraq, urging Ankara to solve security issues diplomatically.

Wednesday, 10 July, 2024 , 07:32 AFP — Lying on her back, the sheep struggled as the man approached to bandage her udders, which had been burned in a fire last month that killed hundreds of sheep in southeast Turkey.

Sunday, 7 July, 2024 , 12:55 AFP — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said he might invite his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad to Turkey "at any moment", in a sign of reconciliation after the 2011 war broke ties between Ankara and Damascus.

Saturday, 6 July, 2024 , 20:04 AFP — Iran's reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian, who advocates improved ties with the West, on Saturday won a runoff presidential election against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili, the interior ministry said.

Saturday, 6 July, 2024 , 17:20 AFP — Iran's reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian, who advocates improved ties with the West, on Saturday won a runoff presidential election against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili, the interior ministry said.

Saturday, 6 July, 2024 , 16:38 AFP — Iran's reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian, who advocates improved ties with the West, on Saturday won a runoff presidential election against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili, the interior ministry said.

Saturday, 6 July, 2024 , 15:17 AFP — Iran's reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian, who advocates improved ties with the West, on Saturday won a runoff presidential election against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili, the interior ministry said.

Saturday, 6 July, 2024 , 13:04 AFP — Iranians have picked reformist Masoud Pezeshkian as the Islamic republic's next president in a election to replace Ebrahim Raisi who was killed in a helicopter crash in May.