Monday, 26 December, 2022 , 16:02 AFP — Eight Turkey-backed Syrian fighters were killed in clashes with regime troops that raged Monday in the country's northwest, a rebel alliance said.

Monday, 26 December, 2022 , 15:11 AFP — Islamic State group militants in northern Syria launched a failed attack targeting a prison holding fellow jihadists in a clash that killed six Kurdish fighters, local authorities and a war monitor said.

Monday, 26 December, 2022 , 14:12 AFP — Six members of Kurdish-led security forces and two jihadists were killed Monday in a failed Islamic State group assault near a prison for extremists in northern Syria, a war monitor said.

Monday, 26 December, 2022 , 14:10 AFP — Iranian authorities have hanged two men convicted of murder in the southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan province in the latest executions carried out by the Islamic republic, the judiciary said Monday.

Monday, 26 December, 2022 , 13:31 AFP — The Islamic State group claimed an attack Monday on a security complex in northern Syria, which a war monitor said was near a military intelligence prison housing hundreds of jihadists.

Monday, 26 December, 2022 , 13:13 AFP — A French pensioner suspected of fatally shooting three Kurds in Paris was due Monday before a judge who will decide on whether to charge him in the case that sparked angry protests.

Monday, 26 December, 2022 , 13:11 AFP — Six members of Kurdish-led security forces and two jihadists were killed Monday in a failed Islamic State group assault near a prison for extremists in northern Syria, a war monitor said.

Monday, 26 December, 2022 , 12:27 AFP — Iran on Monday blasted Britain's "non-constructive role" a day after the Islamic republic announced the arrest of a UK-linked "network" involved in the three-month protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death.

Monday, 26 December, 2022 , 09:47 AFP — Six Syrian fighters from a pro-Turkish group died in clashes with regime troops that still raged Monday in northwest Syria, rebel forces and a war monitor said.

Monday, 26 December, 2022 , 09:43 AFP — A French pensioner suspected of fatally shooting three Kurds in Paris was due Monday before a judge who will decide on whether to charge him in the case that sparked angry protests.