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Suspected gas blast kills six in northern Iran: media


Friday, 13 January, 2023 , 11:57 AFP — An explosion suspected to have been caused by a gas leak at a building in northwestern Iran killed six members of the same family, state media said Friday.

German lawmakers to recognise Yazidi 'genocide' in Iraq


Friday, 13 January, 2023 , 11:22 AFP — Germany's lower house of parliament is set next week to recognise as "genocide" the 2014 massacre of Kurdish-speaking Yazidis by Islamic State group jihadists in Iraq, lawmakers told AFP Friday.

Swedish PM condemns mock hanging of Erdogan effigy


Friday, 13 January, 2023 , 10:18 AFP — Sweden's prime minister on Friday condemned a Kurdish group in Stockholm for hanging an effigy of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan showing him dangling by his legs from a rope.

Turkey lashes out at Sweden over Kurdish tweet


Thursday, 12 January, 2023 , 18:37 AFP — Turkey on Thursday summoned Sweden's ambassador to lodge an angry protest over a video posted by a Kurdish group in Stockholm that depicted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan swinging by his legs from a rope.

Improved Syria-Turkey ties should seek end to 'occupation': Assad


Thursday, 12 January, 2023 , 16:42 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.

Turkey summons Swedish envoy over Kurdish group's tweet


Thursday, 12 January, 2023 , 16:10 AFP — Turkey on Thursday summoned Sweden's ambassador to lodge an angry protest over a video posted by a Kurdish group in Stockholm that depicted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan swinging by his legs from a rope.

Improved Syria-Turkey ties should seek end to 'occupation': Assad


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.

Turkey lashes out at Kurdish group in Sweden over tweet


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.

Two repatriated IS wives jailed on arrival back in Spain


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.

Two repatriated IS wives jailed on arrival back in Spain


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.