Thursday, 12 January, 2023 , 15:58 AFP — Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said Thursday that a Moscow-brokered rapprochement with Turkey should aim for "the end of occupation" by Ankara of parts of Syria.

Thursday, 12 January, 2023 , 15:28 AFP — Turkey lashed out Thursday at a video posted by a Kurdish group in Sweden calling President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a "dictator" and showing him swinging by his legs from a rope.

Wednesday, 11 January, 2023 , 21:35 AFP — A Madrid court ordered two Spanish women who married Islamic State (IS) fighters remanded in custody Wednesday on terror-related charges after they were flown back from Syrian detention camps with 13 children, legal documents showed.

Wednesday, 11 January, 2023 , 19:16 AFP — A Madrid court ordered two Spanish women who married Islamic State (IS) fighters remanded in custody Wednesday on terror-related charges after they were flown back from Syrian detention camps with 13 children, legal documents showed.

Wednesday, 11 January, 2023 , 16:33 AFP — A German woman went on trial Wednesday accused of aiding and abetting war crimes and genocide with the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria by "enslaving" a Yazidi woman.

Wednesday, 11 January, 2023 , 15:57 AFP — At least 30 Iranian journalists are still imprisoned in connection with protests linked to the death of Mahsa Amini, the Tehran journalists' association said on Wednesday.

Wednesday, 11 January, 2023 , 15:00 AFP — Iran's supreme court has temporarily suspended the execution of death row convict Mohammad Boroghani who was found guilty of charges related to the country's wave of protests, the judiciary said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 11 January, 2023 , 14:16 AFP — A Turkish court on Wednesday released an internationally respected medic who outraged President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by backing a probe into the army's alleged use of chemical weapons in Iraq.

Wednesday, 11 January, 2023 , 13:20 AFP — Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, jailed half a year ago over protests related to a building collapse, has been released for two weeks because of health concerns, his lawyer said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 11 January, 2023 , 13:20 AFP — Two Spanish women who married Islamic State fighters were remanded in custody Wednesday on terror-related charges by a Madrid court after being flown home from Syrian detention camps with 13 children, legal sources said.