Thursday, 27 July, 2023 , 12:27 AFP — Around war-torn Syria's biggest freshwater dam reservoir, fishermen say their catch is now a fraction of what it used to be as environmental pressures have decimated aquatic life.

Thursday, 27 July, 2023 , 10:19 AFP — Iraq has arrested a suspect in one of the most notorious war crimes of the Islamic State group, the 2014 massacre of up to 1,700 captive cadets, authorities said Thursday.

Wednesday, 26 July, 2023 , 08:31 AFP — Iran's Supreme Court has quashed a death sentence handed down to a 23-year-old man convicted of killing a policeman during nationwide protests last year, local media reported Wednesday.

Sunday, 23 July, 2023 , 17:35 AFP — Hundreds of people protested in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region on Sunday in support of a jailed journalist hit with a new sentence before he was due to be freed.

Sunday, 23 July, 2023 , 12:43 AFP — Iranian authorities have banned a film festival that put out a publicity poster featuring an actress who was not wearing a hijab headscarf, state media reported.

Saturday, 22 July, 2023 , 19:54 AFP — Around 6,000 Kurds rallied on Saturday to demonstrate against the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne which defined the borders of modern Turkey but shattered aspirations for a Kurdish state.

Saturday, 22 July, 2023 , 18:26 AFP — Around 6,000 Kurds rallied on Saturday to mark the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne which defined the borders of modern Turkey but shattered aspirations for a Kurdish state.

Saturday, 22 July, 2023 , 03:51 AFP — Like other Iranian Kurds who fled into exile during last year's women-led mass protests, 17-year-old Sarina tries to keep a low profile in her new home in northern Iraq.

Friday, 21 July, 2023 , 15:27 AFP — Adolescent boys are systematically being separated from their mothers in detention camps in northeast Syria, a UN expert said Friday, warning the practice was causing irreparable harm and violated international law.

Friday, 21 July, 2023 , 14:33 AFP — Adolescent boys are systematically being separated from their mothers in detention camps in northeast Syria, a UN expert said Friday, warning the practice was causing irreparable harm and violated international law.