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IS attack on Syria truffle hunters kills at least 31: monitor


Sunday, 16 April, 2023 , 15:32 AFP — Suspected Islamic State group fighters killed at least 31 people foraging for truffles in Syria on Sunday, a monitor said, in the latest such attack in the war-ravaged country.

Iran seals 150 businesses in headscarf crackdown


Sunday, 16 April, 2023 , 14:32 AFP — Iranian police said on Sunday authorities had closed more than 150 businesses in 24 hours for not respecting the obligation for women to wear headscarves under Iran's strict Islamic dress code.

IS attack on Syria truffle hunters kills at least 26: monitor


Sunday, 16 April, 2023 , 13:57 AFP — Suspected Islamic State group fighters killed at least 26 people Sunday in Syria, a war monitor said, the latest in a spate of attacks targeting people foraging for desert truffles in the impoverished war-ravaged country.

Two killed in Iraqi Kurdistan in strikes blamed on Turkey


Sunday, 16 April, 2023 , 07:32 AFP — At least two people have been killed and two others wounded in northern Iraq's Kurdistan region, officials said Sunday, blaming a drone strike carried out by neighbouring Turkey.

Iran police begin crackdown on headscarf violators


Saturday, 15 April, 2023 , 14:44 AFP — Police in Iran said on Saturday they have implemented a plan to deal with women who violate the country's strict Islamic dress code.

France convicts 11 Kurdish PKK members of terror financing


Friday, 14 April, 2023 , 22:04 AFP — A French court on Friday convicted 11 alleged members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on charges of terror financing for its campaign to seek autonomy for the minority in Turkey's southeast.

Syria Assad's comeback after a decade in the cold


Friday, 14 April, 2023 , 13:05 AFP — After 12 years of diplomatic isolation, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is being brought back into the fold, with regional powers meeting Friday to discuss readmitting Syria to the Arab League.

Egypt urges Turkey to withdraw from Syria


Thursday, 13 April, 2023 , 16:47 AFP — Egypt's foreign minister on Thursday urged Turkey to withdraw troops from Syria, underscoring lingering tensions despite recent efforts to mend ties.

Timeline of Syria's brutal civil war


Thursday, 13 April, 2023 , 15:24 AFP — Syria's 12-year-long civil war has left more than half a million people dead and millions more displaced internally and abroad.

Syria's half century of iron-fisted Assad rule


Thursday, 13 April, 2023 , 15:08 AFP — As Arab nations prepare to meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss rehabilitating Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, AFP looks back at more than 50 years of the Assad dynasty's brutal rule.