Saturday, 30 December, 2023 , 15:12 AFP — Air strikes in eastern Syria "likely" launched by Israel on Saturday killed at least 19 pro-Iran fighters, a war monitor said, updating an earlier toll.

Saturday, 30 December, 2023 , 11:51 AFP — Air strikes in eastern Syria "likely" launched by US forces on Saturday killed at least 10 pro-Iran militants and wounded 30 others, a war monitor said.

Thursday, 28 December, 2023 , 20:21 AFP — Pro-Iran Shiite parties won the majority of council seats in most of Iraq's provinces, the final results from December 18 elections released by the electoral commission showed on Thursday.

Thursday, 28 December, 2023 , 14:50 AFP — Syria's Kurdish-led forces said Thursday they had killed a senior Islamic State group leader inside a camp housing tens of thousands of displaced people and jihadists' families.

Thursday, 28 December, 2023 , 10:41 AFP — Turkey's parliament is unlikely to hold a full vote on Sweden's bid to join NATO before mid-January, parliamentary sources told AFP Thursday.

Wednesday, 27 December, 2023 , 18:08 AFP — The Hamas-run Gaza Strip's health ministry said Wednesday the death toll from the war with Israel now tops 21,100, about two thirds of them women and children.

Wednesday, 27 December, 2023 , 15:47 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that there was "no difference" between Benjamin Netanyahu and Adolf Hitler as he stepped up his attacks on the Israeli leader over the war in Gaza.

Tuesday, 26 December, 2023 , 17:30 AFP — A key committee in the Turkish parliament on Tuesday gave the greenlight for Sweden's NATO membership, clearing another hurdle in the Nordic country's accession process in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year.

Tuesday, 26 December, 2023 , 16:47 AFP — A key committee in the Turkish parliament on Tuesday approved Sweden's bid to join NATO after months of delays, clearing another hurdle in the Nordic country's accession process in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year.

Tuesday, 26 December, 2023 , 13:08 AFP — The Turkish parliament's committee on Tuesday started a session to debate a number of issues including Sweden's bid to join NATO, a thorny topic that was further complicated after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan linked it to Ankara's request for F-16 fighter jets from its ally the United States.