Tuesday, 22 August, 2023 , 20:44 AFP — Turkey's foreign minister visited Baghdad on Tuesday for talks with his counterpart on water supplies, resuming Kurdish oil exports to Turkey and the presence of PKK fighters in Iraq.
Tuesday, 22 August, 2023 , 09:53 AFP — A law amendment in Iraq proposes capital punishment for homosexual relations, in what campaigners call a "dangerous" escalation in the country where LGBTQ people already face frequent attacks and discrimination.
Monday, 21 August, 2023 , 17:25 AFP — A French military trainer has been killed in Iraq while working alongside Iraqi troops, French authorities said Monday.
Sunday, 20 August, 2023 , 04:07 AFP — On a riverbank in war-ravaged Syria's north, felling has reduced what was once a lush forest to dispersed trees and decimated trunks poking out from dry, crumbly soil.
Thursday, 17 August, 2023 , 17:18 AFP — An Iranian journalist said Thursday she had no regrets over posting a picture of herself without a headscarf in defiance of Iran's dress laws, sharing a similar image following her latest release from jail.
Thursday, 17 August, 2023 , 11:12 AFP — Norwegian oil group DNO, a major oil producer in Iraqi Kurdistan, said Thursday it had resumed production at one of its oil fields closed in March due to a Turkish export freeze.
Wednesday, 16 August, 2023 , 03:03 AFP — For desperate Syrians, a WhatsApp message saying "I want to go to Europe" can be all they need to start a treacherous journey to Libya and then across the Mediterranean.
Tuesday, 15 August, 2023 , 17:44 AFP — Iranian authorities have re-arrested a journalist who interviewed the father of the woman whose custody death sparked months of protests, just two days after her release from jail, activists said on Tuesday.
Sunday, 13 August, 2023 , 17:03 AFP — An Iranian journalist handed a two-year jail sentence after interviewing the father of the woman whose custody death sparked months of protests said Sunday she had been released from prison.
Sunday, 13 August, 2023 , 08:02 AFP — "Crossing the Channel, it's playing with our lives," Hajji Mahmud acknowledged.
