Thursday, 6 August, 2020 , 11:48 AFP — Three health workers in a displaced persons' camp in northeastern Syria have contracted the novel coronavirus, the United Nations said Thursday, the first reported infections in the vast tent city.

Tuesday, 4 August, 2020 , 22:02 AFP — Restrictions imposed on Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan and a handful of other inmates at a Turkish island prison are not acceptable, an anti-torture group said Wednesday, urging he be granted more outside contact and less solitary confinement.

Monday, 3 August, 2020 , 15:08 AFP — Avid mountaineers Salar and Soma met while trekking in Iraqi Kurdistan, so it was only natural they would get married amid its majestic peaks, some 2,000 metres (6,500 feet) above sea level.

Monday, 3 August, 2020 , 09:10 AFP — Turkey on Monday blasted an agreement between Kurdish-led forces in Syria's northeast and a US oil company as "unacceptable" and equivalent to terrorism financing.

Sunday, 2 August, 2020 , 16:29 AFP — Syria on Sunday condemned an agreement between Kurdish-led forces in the country's northeast and a US oil company, describing it as "theft" and an "affront to national sovereignty".

Monday, 27 July, 2020 , 16:31 AFP — Turkey on Monday released the niece of an influential Syrian Kurdish politician, also wanted by Ankara, under judicial supervision, the official Anadolu news agency reported.

Sunday, 26 July, 2020 , 02:44 AFP — "Nero set Rome on fire and Nermin set my heart on fire." Iraqi Kurds in Arbil are declaring their love on the city's walls, their only refuge in a conservative society.

Friday, 24 July, 2020 , 04:33 AFP — A Kurdish-Iranian refugee who wrote an award-winning book on his mobile phone while held in one of Australia's notorious Pacific detention camps has been granted asylum in New Zealand, officials said Friday.

Monday, 20 July, 2020 , 12:41 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish authorities on Monday denied handing over to Turkey the niece of an influential Syrian Kurdish official wanted by Ankara, as claimed by her family.

Sunday, 19 July, 2020 , 18:45 AFP — Turkey has detained the niece of an influential Syrian Kurdish politician, himself wanted by Ankara, the family said Sunday.