Sunday, 21 May, 2023 , 15:49 AFP — Tajikistan has repatriated another 104 women and children from Syria, where hundreds of its citizens joined extremist groups, the foreign ministry said Sunday.

Sunday, 21 May, 2023 , 14:46 AFP — Iran on Sunday summoned Switzerland's ambassador over a tweet calling for a stop to executions linked to protests triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini, Tehran's foreign ministry said.

Sunday, 21 May, 2023 , 09:34 AFP — Turkey's presidential election is being anxiously watched by Kurds in Syria and Iraq as economic interests compete with fears of a regional military escalation against some Kurdish groups.

Sunday, 21 May, 2023 , 08:51 AFP — Iran on Sunday executed three men convicted on drug trafficking charges, the judiciary said, the latest of hundreds of people hanged in the country since the start of the year.

Sunday, 21 May, 2023 , 04:15 AFP — A retired civil servant from one of Turkey's most repressed social groups has defied doubters by pushing veteran President Recep Tayyip Erdogan into a historic election runoff.

Sunday, 21 May, 2023 , 04:08 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has beaten back his rivals at one of his most vulnerable movements and regained his old aura of invincibility ahead of next Sunday's historic runoff election.

Sunday, 21 May, 2023 , 04:00 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cruises on Sunday into the final week before an historic runoff election as the big favourite to extend two decades of his Islamic-rooted rule until 2028.

Saturday, 20 May, 2023 , 19:03 AFP — The Iraqi army is preparing to tighten the federal government's grip on a camp housing Turkish Kurdish refugees that Ankara has called an "incubator for terrorism", officials told AFP Saturday.

Saturday, 20 May, 2023 , 16:49 AFP — The Iraqi army is preparing to tighten the federal government's grip on a camp housing Turkish Kurdish refugees that Ankara has called an "incubator for terrorism", officials told AFP Saturday.

Saturday, 20 May, 2023 , 07:01 AFP — Iran on Saturday executed a man convicted of leading a human trafficking and prostitution ring, a day after hanging three men linked to protests triggered by Mahsa Amini's death, the judiciary said.