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US sentences Canadian who narrated IS videos to life in prison


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.

German, Turkish diplomats spar in Istanbul


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.

Four Syrian Kurds killed in Turkish strike: Kurdish forces


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.

Dozens of bodies found in Syria mass grave: local officials


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.

Iran reports new arrest of Israel-linked spies


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.

Iran says arrested Israel-linked agents were Kurdish rebels


Wednesday, 27 July, 2022 , 14:38 AFP Iran's intelligence ministry said Wednesday that agents linked to Israel's Mossad who were arrested last week were also members of an outlawed Kurdish rebel group who planned to target a "sensitive defence centre."

Rocket fire targets Turkish consulate in Iraq's Mosul


Wednesday, 27 July, 2022 , 10:40 AFP Rockets hit the vicinity of the Turkish consulate in Iraq's main northern city of Mosul causing damage but no casualties, Iraqi and Turkish sources said Wednesday.

Erdogan to meet Putin in Sochi on August 5


Tuesday, 26 July, 2022 , 13:18 AFP Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi on August 5, the Turkish presidency said.

Iraqi Kurd farmers battle drought as Lake Dukan retreats


Tuesday, 26 July, 2022 , 04:08 AFP Farmers in Iraqi Kurdistan seeking to irrigate crops face seeing their economic lifeline slip away as the waters of Lake Dukan recede and dams upstream in Iran stem the flow.

Rockets target gas complex in north Iraq


Monday, 25 July, 2022 , 18:43 AFP Three Katyusha rockets hit a gas complex in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region on Saturday, a local official said, in the latest attack to target the Emirati-owned facility.