Friday, 5 August, 2022 , 02:35 AFP — Ending the war in Ukraine and starting a new one in Syria are expected to dominate talks on Friday between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Thursday, 4 August, 2022 , 12:57 AFP — Iran's intelligence ministry said Thursday it had arrested 10 Islamic State group suspects who were planning attacks targeting religious commemorations, days ahead of the major Shiite mourning ritual of Ashura.

Thursday, 4 August, 2022 , 12:45 AFP — Eight years on since the Islamic State jihadist group's massacres of Yazidis, more then 200,000 survivors are still displaced from their homes in Iraq, the United Nations said Thursday.

Sunday, 31 July, 2022 , 10:15 AFP — Hundreds of followers of powerful Iraqi Shiite preacher Moqtada Sadr camped at the country's parliament Sunday for a second day, protesting against corruption and political mismanagement.

Saturday, 30 July, 2022 , 19:32 AFP — A hundred French parliamentarians, mainly from the political left, on Saturday denounced Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's "policy of war" against Kurds in northern Syria.

Friday, 29 July, 2022 , 23:12 AFP — A Canadian jihadist said to be a key player in the Islamic State group's propaganda production and who narrated multiple violent videos was sentenced Friday to life in prison, the US Department of Justice said.

Friday, 29 July, 2022 , 17:54 AFP — German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Friday urged Turkey to respect human rights during a testy visit at which she sparred openly with counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu.

Thursday, 28 July, 2022 , 17:16 AFP — A Turkish drone strike in northern Syria killed four Syrian Kurdish fighters on Thursday, the second such attack in recent days, a Kurdish official and a war monitor said.

Thursday, 28 July, 2022 , 11:56 AFP — Kurdish-affiliated authorities said Thursday they had found the remains of almost 30 bodies in a mass grave in northern Syria, with a war monitor saying they were likely killed by jihadists.

Thursday, 28 July, 2022 , 11:16 AFP — Iran arrested five people accused of links to the Israeli spy agency Mossad, state media said on Thursday, in the second such report in as many days.