Tuesday, 20 February, 2024 , 20:56 AFP — Two people were killed Tuesday in a strike in northern Iraq that was blamed on Turkey, security and health officials said.

Sunday, 18 February, 2024 , 09:30 AFP — After weeks of living in hotel rooms, Sigal Chayak from northern Israel broke into tears the first time she got to cook her family a meal again.

Saturday, 17 February, 2024 , 18:36 AFP — A soldier was killed and another injured in an "attempted intrusion" of a Turkish military base in northern Iraq, Turkey's defence ministry announced Saturday.

Saturday, 17 February, 2024 , 15:24 AFP — About 15,000 Kurds marched in the German city of Cologne Saturday to demand the liberation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, who has spent the past 25 years in a Turkish jail.

Saturday, 17 February, 2024 , 06:36 AFP — Abdullah Ocalan, who founded the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) nearly half a century ago and has languished in solitary confinement on a prison island since 1999, is hailed as an icon by some Kurds but denounced by many Turks as a terrorist who deserves to die.

Friday, 16 February, 2024 , 15:27 AFP — Two Iranian directors said they have been barred from travelling to the Berlin film festival for their new movie's premiere Friday for breaking one of their country's biggest taboos: showing a woman pursuing a "normal life".

Friday, 16 February, 2024 , 11:28 AFP — Two Iranian directors said they have been barred from travelling to the Berlin film festival for their new movie's premiere Friday for breaking one of their country's biggest taboos: showing a woman pursuing a "normal life".

Wednesday, 14 February, 2024 , 07:32 AFP — Candidates running for seats in the Iran assembly in charge of appointing the country's supreme leader began election campaigns on Wednesday, state media reported.

Wednesday, 14 February, 2024 , 01:38 AFP — Influencers on X are monetizing misinformation about conflicts in the Middle East, leveraging the platform's contentious policies that researchers say prioritize engagement over accuracy.

Tuesday, 13 February, 2024 , 14:03 AFP — Iranian authorities have handed down a jail sentence of over five years to the uncle of Mahsa Amini, the young Iranian-Kurdish woman whose custody death sparked months of protests, over his anti-government views expressed during the 2022 demonstrations, rights groups said on Tuesday.