Tuesday, 7 January, 2020 , 15:03 AFP — Syria's Kurds have released 30 Syrians suspected of affiliation to the Islamic State group after guarantees from tribal leaders, a spokesman said Tuesday, adding more should be freed soon.

Tuesday, 7 January, 2020 , 10:48 AFP — Things are moving fast in federal Iraq, as pro-Iran factions flex their muscles and authorities seek to oust foreign troops. Amid the chaos, Iraq's Kurds are watching apprehensively before placing their bets.

Wednesday, 1 January, 2020 , 16:24 AFP — In the glow of the nine-candled menorah, with kippa skullcaps on their heads and tallit prayer shawls around their shoulders, a small association is working to revive Hanukkah in Iraq.

Wednesday, 30 December, 2020 , 18:43 AFP — In the glow of the nine-candled menorah, with kippa skullcaps on their heads and tallit prayer shawls around their shoulders, a small association is working to revive Hanukkah in Iraq.

Sunday, 8 December, 2019 , 12:50 AFP — Around 200 Syrian displaced people, mostly women and children, were heading home from an overcrowded desert camp in the northeast of the war-torn country on Sunday, a Kurdish official said.

Saturday, 7 December, 2019 , 19:50 AFP — Thousands attended angry protests in Baghdad and southern Iraq Saturday, grieving but defiant after 20 of them were killed in an attack the previous day that demonstrators described as "slaughter".

Friday, 6 December, 2019 , 02:03 AFP — Syrian Kurdish mother Shara Sido says the news came to her via a messaging application. She received an image of a bullet-riddled corpse with the instruction: "Come collect your son."

Thursday, 5 December, 2019 , 01:49 AFP — Syrian Kurdish mother Shara Sido says the news came to her via a messaging application. She received an image of a bullet-riddled corpse with the instruction: "Come collect your son."

Monday, 2 December, 2019 , 20:21 AFP — One soldier was killed in Turkish-held areas in Syria on Monday after mortar fire by Kurdish forces, the defence ministry said.

Monday, 2 December, 2019 , 15:50 AFP — Eight children were among 11 civilians killed Monday in a Turkish artillery attack that hit near a school in a northern Syrian town in Aleppo province, a war monitor said.