Wednesday, 18 February, 2026 , 12:53 AFP — Kurdish fighters who have laid down their arms should be reintegrated into society, Turkish lawmakers urged in a key report released Wednesday, while ruling out an "amnesty".

Wednesday, 18 February, 2026 , 10:37 AFP — Kurdish fighters who have laid down their arms should be reintegrated into society, Turkish lawmakers urged in a key report released Wednesday, while avoiding any reference to an "amnesty".

Wednesday, 18 February, 2026 , 06:20 AFP — Australia has barred one of its citizens from returning home from a Syrian detention camp because of security concerns, the government said Wednesday.

Tuesday, 17 February, 2026 , 13:34 AFP — Syria began evacuating remaining residents of Al-Hol camp, which long housed relatives of suspected Islamic State group fighters, as it empties the formerly Kurdish-controlled facility, two officials told AFP.

Tuesday, 17 February, 2026 , 12:38 AFP — Syrian authorities began evacuating remaining residents of the Islamic State group-linked Al-Hol camp in the country's northeast on Tuesday, as they empty the formerly Kurdish-controlled facility, two officials told AFP.

Monday, 16 February, 2026 , 22:50 AFP — Thirty-four Australian relatives of suspected Islamic State jihadists had to return to Syria's Roj detention camp due to coordination issues with Damascus after Kurdish authorities released them on Monday, a Kurdish official told AFP.

Monday, 16 February, 2026 , 22:26 AFP — Prime Minister Anthony Albanese refused help Tuesday for 34 Australian citizens related to suspected Islamic State jihadists, as they try to return home from a Syrian detention camp.

Monday, 16 February, 2026 , 12:39 AFP — Thirty-four Australian relatives of suspected Islamic State jihadists had to return to Syria's Roj detention camp due to coordination issues with Damascus after Kurdish authorities released them on Monday, a Kurdish official told AFP.

Monday, 16 February, 2026 , 11:09 AFP — Syrian Kurdish authorities on Monday released 34 Australian relatives of Islamic State group jihadists who had been held in the Roj camp, the camp director told AFP.

Monday, 16 February, 2026 , 10:32 AFP — Syrian Kurdish authorities on Monday released 34 Australians, relatives of jihadists from the Islamic State group, who had been held in the Roj camp, the camp director told AFP.