Tuesday, 8 August, 2023 , 09:40 AFP — Thousands of people displaced by 12 years of war are stuck in squalid, unofficial camps in Syria's Kurdish-held northeast, languishing in extreme poverty and largely cut off from international assistance.
Tuesday, 8 August, 2023 , 07:42 AFP — Islamic State group militants killed 10 Syrian troops and pro-government fighters in the former jihadist stronghold of Raqa province, a war monitor said Tuesday, displaying their ability to keep mounting deadly attacks.
Tuesday, 8 August, 2023 , 06:54 AFP — Islamic State group militants killed 10 Syrian troops and pro-government fighters in the former jihadist stronghold of Raqa province, a war monitor said Tuesday.
Sunday, 6 August, 2023 , 14:26 AFP — A Kurdish woman jailed in Iran has sewn her lips together at the start of a hunger strike to protest not being allowed leave from jail, a rights group said on Sunday.
Sunday, 6 August, 2023 , 11:29 AFP — Iran on Sunday appointed Mohammed Jafar Montazeri, who is under US and British sanctions, to head the Islamic republic's top court.
Sunday, 6 August, 2023 , 10:26 AFP — A Turkish drone strike killed a Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) military official in northern Iraq on Sunday, officials in the autonomous Kurdistan region said.
Thursday, 3 August, 2023 , 19:27 AFP — Iraq said Thursday it had arrested a man in possession of 35 kilogrammes (77 pounds) of opium and more half a million captagon pills weighing 236 kilogrammes (520 pounds).
Thursday, 3 August, 2023 , 15:26 AFP — Iraqi Kurds are to go to the polls on February 25 to elect a new parliament for their autonomous region, authorities announced Thursday, ending months of bickering between rival factions.
Wednesday, 2 August, 2023 , 14:41 AFP — Iran hanged 11 members of the Baluch minority on drugs charges within a 48-hour period, an NGO said Wednesday, raising alarm the community is disproportionately targeted in a spate of executions.
Wednesday, 2 August, 2023 , 03:06 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.
