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Kremlin calls on Turkey not to 'destabilise' Syria


Friday, 5 August, 2022 , 10:45 AFP The Kremlin on Friday called on Turkey not to "destabilise" Syria with a military offensive ahead of a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

'Balancing act': Erdogan to sound out Putin on Ukraine and Syria


Friday, 5 August, 2022 , 08:06 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.

'Balancing act': Erdogan to sound out Putin on Ukraine and Syria


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.

Iran arrests 10 IS 'terrorists' plotting attacks


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.

More than 200,000 Yazidis still displaced in Iraq: UN


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.

Hundreds camp at Iraqi parliament for second day


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.

100 French MPs slam Erdogan's 'policy of war' against Syrian Kurds


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.

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.