Thursday, 20 October, 2022 , 15:23 AFP — Turkey on Thursday blasted as "completely unfounded and untrue" claims that its military used chemical weapons in its fight against outlawed Kurdish militants in northern Iraq.
Thursday, 20 October, 2022 , 14:15 AFP — Sweden's new Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Thursday he was ready to head to Ankara to urge Turkey to back bids by Sweden and Finland to join the NATO alliance.
Thursday, 20 October, 2022 , 13:43 AFP — A Russian delegation in Syria Thursday took 38 children from families of suspected Islamic State (IS) group members for repatriation, a Kurdish official and AFP correspondents said.
Thursday, 20 October, 2022 , 10:46 AFP — Kurdish authorities in northeastern Syria are to hand over around 40 Russian children, who are relatives of suspected Islamic State group members, for repatriation Thursday, a Kurdish official said.
Thursday, 20 October, 2022 , 07:32 AFP — Flashmob-style protests, images beamed onto tower blocks, water fountains dyed blood-red: young Iranians armed with little more than their phones have adopted a slew of tactics to give demonstrations over Mahsa Amini's death staying power.
Thursday, 20 October, 2022 , 06:15 AFP — France has repatriated 40 children and 15 women from camps in Syria holding family members of suspected Islamic State jihadists, the foreign ministry said on Thursday.
Thursday, 20 October, 2022 , 02:56 AFP — Flashmob-style protests, images beamed onto tower blocks, water fountains dyed blood-red: young Iranians armed with little more than their phones have adopted a slew of tactics to give demonstrations over Mahsa Amini's death staying power.
Wednesday, 19 October, 2022 , 11:26 AFP — Turkey's judiciary agreed Wednesday to study a defence request to disqualify a judge from the trial of three activists facing terror-related charges over their support of a pro-Kurdish newspaper.
Tuesday, 18 October, 2022 , 20:34 AFP — French cement giant Lafarge SA was slapped with a $778 million fine Tuesday for making millions in payments to the Islamic State and another jihadist group to build its business in Syria.
Tuesday, 18 October, 2022 , 18:07 AFP — Syria's autonomous Kurdish region has transferred over 600 relatives of suspected jihadists detained at the notorious Al-Hol camp to Iraq, a war monitor and a Kurdish security source said Tuesday.
