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Turkey cancels Sweden minister visit over planned protest


Saturday, 21 January, 2023 , 07:23 AFP Turkey said on Saturday that it had called off a visit by Sweden's defence minister over a planned anti-Turkey protest in Stockholm.

Canada to repatriate 23 citizens from Syria


Saturday, 21 January, 2023 , 03:08 AFP Canada will repatriate twenty-three citizens who have been detained in northeast Syria in camps for family members of Islamic State group fighters, officials and a lawyer said Friday.

Canada to repatriate 19 women, children from Syria


Friday, 20 January, 2023 , 20:43 AFP Canada will repatriate six women and 13 infants who have been detained in northeast Syria in camps for family members of Islamic State Group fighters, Ottawa announced Friday.

Turkey summons Swedish ambassador over anti-Turkey demo


Friday, 20 January, 2023 , 19:24 AFP Turkey on Friday summoned Sweden's ambassador to condemn an anti-Turkey protest planned in Stockholm this weekend, a diplomatic source said.

Drone attack hits US-led coalition base in Syria: US military


Friday, 20 January, 2023 , 15:09 AFP A drone attack hit a US-led coalition base in southern Syria Friday, the US military's Central Command said, with a war monitor saying it was launched by Iran-backed groups.

EU to expand sanctions on Iran over protest crackdown


Friday, 20 January, 2023 , 14:33 AFP The EU will impose new sanctions on 37 Iranian officials and organisations over the crackdown on protests, but is still debating listing the Revolutionary Guard as a "terrorist" group, diplomats said Friday.

German parliament recognises Yazidi 'genocide' in Iraq


Thursday, 19 January, 2023 , 16:13 AFP Germany's lower house of parliament recognised on Thursday the 2014 massacre of Yazidis by Islamic State group jihadists in Iraq as a "genocide", and called for measures to assist the besieged minority.

Iraq's Yazidis: Minority group hunted by Islamic State


Thursday, 19 January, 2023 , 14:48 AFP The Yazidis, which Germany's parliament on Thursday recognised as victims of genocide, are a Kurdish-speaking ethno-religious minority found mainly in Iraq.

German parliament recognises Yazidi 'genocide' in Iraq


Thursday, 19 January, 2023 , 12:40 AFP Germany's lower house of parliament recognised on Thursday the 2014 massacre of Yazidis by Islamic State group jihadists in Iraq as a "genocide", and called for measures to assist the besieged minority.

IS attacks still claim Iraqi lives five years after defeat


Thursday, 19 January, 2023 , 04:52 AFP The attack came after sunset in the quiet Iraqi village of Albu Bali when Islamic State group gunmen drove into town and unleashed fire with automatic rifles.