Saturday, 2 September, 2023 , 17:19 AFP — At least one civilian was killed and eight other people were injured Saturday when clashes erupted during protests in the multi-ethnic northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, a local official said.

Saturday, 2 September, 2023 , 13:44 AFP — Sporadic clashes took place on Saturday in a Kurdish-held area of eastern Syria, a monitor said, after a curfew was imposed following the arrest of an Arab armed group's leader.

Friday, 1 September, 2023 , 19:39 AFP — Syria's Kurdish-led authorities on Friday imposed a curfew in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, days after the arrest of the chief of an allied Arab armed group prompted deadly clashes.

Friday, 1 September, 2023 , 15:15 AFP — A draft law in Iran ordering new penalties for women not wearing a headscarf in public could amount to "gender apartheid," UN rights experts warned Friday.

Friday, 1 September, 2023 , 08:54 AFP — The United States called Friday for an end to deadly fighting between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Arab armed groups in a region of eastern Syria largely outside government control.

Thursday, 31 August, 2023 , 14:48 AFP — An Iranian man originally sentenced to death in connection with last year's protests triggered by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini died in hospital on Thursday, the judiciary said.

Thursday, 31 August, 2023 , 13:25 AFP — An Iranian man sentenced to death in connection with last year's protests triggered by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini died in hospital on Thursday, the judiciary said.

Wednesday, 30 August, 2023 , 17:04 AFP — A journalist who defied Iran's strict dress code and was freed on bail this month has been rearrested for not wearing the headscarf in public, a news agency reported Wednesday.

Wednesday, 30 August, 2023 , 14:05 AFP — The trial has begun in Iran of the lawyer of Mahsa Amini, the young Iranian Kurd whose death last September triggered a widespread protest movement, a media report said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 30 August, 2023 , 09:37 AFP — Iran is ratcheting up a crackdown ahead of the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, arresting prominent personalities, campaigners and relatives of those killed by security forces in protests last year, activists say.