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US strikes in Syria kill eight after contractor death


Friday, 24 March, 2023 , 07:08 AFP US airstrikes killed eight pro-Iran fighters in eastern Syria following a drone attack that killed one American contractor and wounded five US service personnel, a war monitor said Friday.

US carries out Syria strikes after contractor killed


Friday, 24 March, 2023 , 04:14 AFP The US military said it carried out precision airstrikes in eastern Syria on Thursday in response to a drone attack that killed one American contractor and injured five US service personnel.

US carries out Syria strikes after contractor killed


Friday, 24 March, 2023 , 03:36 AFP The US military said it carried out precision air strikes in eastern Syria on Thursday in response to a drone attack that killed one American contractor and injured five US service personnel.

Sweden approves NATO entry as Turkey, Hungary ratifications drag


Wednesday, 22 March, 2023 , 15:38 AFP Sweden's parliament voted Wednesday in favour of joining NATO despite delays by Hungary and Turkey to ratify its membership bid, which will likely lead to Sweden joining after neighbouring Finland.

Two sentenced to death in Iraq over activist's abduction


Wednesday, 22 March, 2023 , 14:12 AFP An Iraqi court has sentenced two men to death in absentia for the 2020 kidnapping and disappearance of an anti-government activist, the judiciary said Wednesday.

Kingmaker party gives tacit backing to Erdogan rival in polls


Wednesday, 22 March, 2023 , 11:27 AFP Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party said Wednesday it would not field a presidential candidate in May elections, giving tacit support to Recep Tayyip Erdogan's secular rival in the crucial vote.

Pro-Kurdish party gives tacit support to Erdogan rival in polls


Wednesday, 22 March, 2023 , 09:38 AFP Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party said Wednesday it would not field a presidential candidate in May elections, giving tacit support to Recep Tayyip Erdogan's rival in the crucial vote.

Once banned, now back: Iran sees timid return of neckties


Wednesday, 22 March, 2023 , 04:09 AFP Mohammad Javad enters a fashionable shop in well-to-do north Tehran with his mother. For the first time ever he wants a necktie, long banned in Iran as a symbol of Western decadence.

Erdogan pledges to ease Iraq's water shortage


Tuesday, 21 March, 2023 , 17:05 AFP Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged Tuesday to step up the flow of water along the Tigris River to drought-stricken Iraq for one month.

Khamenei says Iran not 'upset' with Europeans


Tuesday, 21 March, 2023 , 15:59 AFP Iran's supreme leader on Tuesday said the Islamic republic is not "upset" with European nations and is ready to work with them if they do not "blindly follow US policies".