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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Wednesday, 18 January, 2023 , 21:58 AFP — Turkey on Wednesday appealed to the United States to expedite F-16 jets, a sale some US officials hope could coax Ankara to lift objections to NATO expansion but is bitterly opposed by a key senator.

Wednesday, 18 January, 2023 , 21:05 AFP — Turkey on Wednesday appealed to the United States to expedite F-16 jets, a sale some US officials hope could coax Ankara to lift objections to NATO expansion but is bitterly opposed by a key senator.

Wednesday, 18 January, 2023 , 20:23 AFP — Turkey on Wednesday appealed to the United States to expedite F-16 jets, a sale some US officials hope could coax Ankara to lift objections to NATO expansion but is bitterly opposed by a key senator.

Wednesday, 18 January, 2023 , 19:59 AFP — Iraq has repatriated 580 residents of Syria's Al-Hol displacement camp which houses relatives of suspected Islamic State group jihadists, the US army and an Iraqi official said.