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Syria war death toll over 507,000, 13 years on


Thursday, 14 March, 2024 , 12:27 AFP — Syria's war has killed more than 507,000 people, a war monitor said Thursday ahead of the 13th anniversary of the conflict which has displaced millions at home and abroad.

Sweden won't help citizens held in IS camps return: FM


Wednesday, 13 March, 2024 , 17:08 AFP — Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said Wednesday that the country would not offer aid to return Swedes that had joined the Islamic State group and were currently held in camps in northeastern Syria.

Turkish officials due at security meeting in Iraq Thursday


Wednesday, 13 March, 2024 , 13:50 AFP — Top Turkish officials including the foreign minister and intelligence chief will attend a security meeting in Iraq on Thursday, a Turkish ministry spokesman said.

Iraq repatriates 625 people from Syria camp


Sunday, 10 March, 2024 , 16:05 AFP — Nearly 160 Iraqi families have been repatriated from Syria's Al-Hol camp, home to tens of thousands of people including family members of suspected jihadists, an Iraqi government spokesman said Sunday.

10 jihadists killed in Iraq anti-IS operation: army


Sunday, 10 March, 2024 , 15:43 AFP — Iraqi forces have killed 10 jihadists during an operation against Islamic State group remnants in a vast desert area northwest of Baghdad, authorities said Sunday.

From Dubai to Chile, Turkish series expand their empire


Sunday, 10 March, 2024 , 07:10 AFP — In the skies above Istanbul's Tophane neighbourhood, seagulls are sent scattering by a drone that's filming a policeman arresting a young woman on the streets below.

'Sacred job': Iraq Kurds digitise books to save threatened culture


Sunday, 10 March, 2024 , 03:43 AFP — Huddled in the back of a van, Rebin Pishtiwan carefully scans one yellowed page after another, as part of his mission to digitise historic Kurdish books at risk of disappearing.

Iran condemns UN experts report on 2022 protests


Saturday, 9 March, 2024 , 09:03 AFP — Tehran on Saturday strongly condemned a UN report on the Islamic republic's response to mass protests in 2022, denouncing Western countries' "Iranophobia".

Iran arrests two young women for public dancing: report


Saturday, 9 March, 2024 , 08:11 AFP — Two young women were arrested in Tehran after the publication of a video in which they danced to celebrate the coming of the Persian New Year, Iranian media said Saturday.

Three killed in Iraq strikes blamed on Turkey


Friday, 8 March, 2024 , 19:48 AFP — A drone strike in northern Iraq killed a Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) commander on Friday, Kurdish authorities said, raising the death toll from strikes blamed on Turkey to three.