Saturday, 7 January, 2023 , 04:01 AFP — "It's here in Paris where my sister and her friends were killed," said Metin Cansiz, the brother of Kurdish activist Sakine Cansiz, who was gunned down in January 2013.

Friday, 6 January, 2023 , 17:36 AFP — The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said Friday they had arrested more than 100 "terrorists" in an eight-day operation against Islamic State group militants.

Friday, 6 January, 2023 , 09:57 AFP — Iranian authorities have arrested a journalist who published interviews with families of death row inmates sentenced in connection with nationwide protests, the reformist daily Etemad said Friday.

Friday, 6 January, 2023 , 03:49 AFP — An Australian woman rescued from a squalid Syrian detention camp faced court Friday on charges linked to her former husband's role within the Islamic State group.

Friday, 6 January, 2023 , 00:15 AFP — An Australian woman rescued from a squalid Syrian detention camp was due to face court Friday on charges linked to her former husband's role within the Islamic State group.

Thursday, 5 January, 2023 , 20:02 AFP — Security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets in eastern Turkey on Thursday outside the funeral of a Kurdish singer killed in Paris last month, an AFP correspondent said, as fellow victims were laid to rest elsewhere.

Thursday, 5 January, 2023 , 19:08 AFP — Security forces fired teargas and rubber bullets in eastern Turkey on Thursday outside the funeral of a Kurdish singer killed in Paris in December, an AFP correspondent said, as fellow victims were laid to rest elsewhere.

Thursday, 5 January, 2023 , 18:40 AFP — Iran has detained a prominent chef and Instagram influencer, known for his videos promoting Persian cooking, in its crackdown on nationwide protests, human rights groups and supporters said on Thursday.

Thursday, 5 January, 2023 , 16:17 AFP — Iran's judiciary said Thursday a senior official has ordered an inquiry into allegations denied by the authorities of rape and sexual assault of inmates in the Islamic republic's jails.

Thursday, 5 January, 2023 , 14:54 AFP — Iran announced Thursday the closure of a Tehran-based French research institute in protest against cartoons of the Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei published by French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.