Friday, 9 August, 2024 , 14:36 AFP — The United Nations voiced alarm Friday at the high numbers of people being executed by Iran, with at least 345 people reportedly having been executed this year.
Friday, 9 August, 2024 , 13:19 AFP — Fighting between pro-Iranian groups supporting the Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces killed 13 people, mostly civilians, a war monitor said Friday.
Friday, 9 August, 2024 , 10:25 AFP — Guards beat female inmates in clashes that erupted at Tehran's Evin prison following a spate of executions, the family of jailed Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi said, raising new concerns about her health.
Friday, 9 August, 2024 , 08:44 AFP — Bombardment by pro-Iranian groups supporting the Syrian government killed 11 civilians in an eastern village under the control of Kurdish-led forces, a war monitor said Friday.
Friday, 9 August, 2024 , 07:47 AFP — Fighting between pro-Iranian groups supporting the Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces left 11 civilians dead, a war monitor said Friday.
Thursday, 8 August, 2024 , 17:54 AFP — Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met representatives of the main Syrian opposition organisations in Ankara Thursday to discuss a political solution to end the civil war in the country.
Wednesday, 7 August, 2024 , 18:18 AFP — Iran on Wednesday hanged at least 29 convicts in a single day, including 26 in a group execution in one prison, a rights group said, a day after facing international condemnation for executing a man in connection with 2022 protests.
Wednesday, 7 August, 2024 , 17:42 AFP — Ten people including at least four fighters were killed Wednesday when a bomb-laden truck exploded at a checkpoint in Syria's Turkish-controlled northern city of Azaz, a war monitor said.
Wednesday, 7 August, 2024 , 16:37 AFP — A Turkish soldier was killed by Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq during a Turkish military operation that's due to be wound down, Ankara's defence ministry said Wednesday.
Wednesday, 7 August, 2024 , 11:13 AFP — Iran faced condemnation from human rights groups Wednesday over its execution of a man convicted of killing a Revolutionary Guard in 2022 protests, with activists saying his confession had been obtained by torture.
