Monday, 25 July, 2022 , 09:57 AFP — Syria's semi-autonomous Kurdish administration handed Tajikistan 146 women and children related to Islamic State group jihadists, a Kurdish official said Monday, in the first such repatriation to the ex-Soviet state.

Sunday, 24 July, 2022 , 19:22 AFP — Sweden's charge d'affaires in Turkey was summoned at the weekend to explain the use of what Ankara alleges is "terrorist propaganda" in support of Kurdish militants, a diplomatic source said.

Saturday, 23 July, 2022 , 19:25 AFP — The federal government in Baghdad and the autonomous Kurdish region pledged Saturday to "increase dialogue" to ease a simmering oil dispute that has been playing out in the courts in recent months.

Saturday, 23 July, 2022 , 18:14 AFP — Iran's intelligence ministry announced Saturday the arrest of agents linked to Israel's Mossad who entered the Islamic republic to carry out attacks against "sensitive" sites, state news agency IRNA reported.

Saturday, 23 July, 2022 , 14:06 AFP — Iraq said Saturday it was preparing to host a "public" meeting of the foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia as the two rivals seek to mend ties.

Friday, 22 July, 2022 , 20:20 AFP — Abandoned sandals and upturned chairs attest to the panic that gripped this peaceful rest spot in Iraq's Kurdish mountains when deadly shelling slammed into it this week.

Friday, 22 July, 2022 , 19:36 AFP — Abandoned sandals and upturned chairs attest to the panic that gripped this peaceful rest spot in Iraq's Kurdish mountains when deadly shelling from the nearby Turkish border slammed into it this week.

Friday, 22 July, 2022 , 18:46 AFP — The United States called Friday on Russia to let out Ukrainian grain quickly and voiced hope that a Turkish-brokered deal was well-structured enough to monitor compliance.

Friday, 22 July, 2022 , 12:01 AFP — After artillery bombardment killed nine people in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, Baghdad called for a withdrawal of Turkish forces and said Ankara should handle its "domestic problems" with PKK rebels far from Iraq's borders.

Friday, 22 July, 2022 , 11:26 AFP — Two bomb-laden drones targeting a Turkish military base in northern Iraq were shot down Friday, a local mayor said, amid heightened tensions days after nine Iraqi civilians died in shelling blamed on Turkey.