Sunday, 7 March, 2021 , 06:04 AFP — Pope Francis landed in northern Iraq on Sunday to cap his historic tour to the country with a visit to Christian communities that endured the brutality of a jihadist "caliphate".

Saturday, 6 March, 2021 , 00:56 AFP — Syria's Kurds have handed back 12 children of alleged Islamic State members to their mothers from Iraq's Yazidi minority, a Kurdish official said Friday.

Wednesday, 3 March, 2021 , 12:08 AFP — At least 31 killings have rocked a camp holding Islamic State group relatives in Syria since early January, a Kurdish official said Wednesday, with aid groups warning of a "nightmare".

Wednesday, 24 February, 2021 , 12:08 AFP — The Turkish parliament will examine lifting some opposition lawmakers' immunity, its speaker said on Wednesday, as the pro-Kurdish party comes under renewed pressure from the government.

Sunday, 21 February, 2021 , 10:31 AFP — Turkish prosecutors on Sunday launched a probe into a pro-Kurdish MP suspected of having travelled to a Kurdish-controlled region of Iraq where 13 Turkish hostages were killed in a failed rescue.

Thursday, 18 February, 2021 , 20:05 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday sued his main opposition rival for claiming Erdogan was personally responsible for the deaths of 13 Turks in Iraq.

Thursday, 18 February, 2021 , 14:24 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday sued his main opposition rival for claiming he was personally "responsible" for the deaths of 13 Turks in Iraq.

Tuesday, 16 February, 2021 , 19:48 AFP — A court in Iraq's Kurdistan region sentenced five journalists and civil activists Tuesday to six years in prison each for their role in anti-government demonstrations last year, their lawyer said.

Monday, 15 February, 2021 , 18:03 AFP — The United States on Monday sought to defuse a furious diplomatic row with NATO ally Turkey by saying it now accepts Ankara's claim that Kurdish "terrorists" had executed 13 Turks in Iraq.

Monday, 15 February, 2021 , 17:17 AFP — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu on Monday that "PKK terrorists" bore responsibility for the deaths of Turkish hostages in northern Iraq.