Monday, 30 March, 2020 , 11:09 AFP — Kurdish-led security forces said they restored calm Monday at a prison in northeast Syria after a riot by Islamic State group inmates.
Wednesday, 25 March, 2020 , 02:52 AFP — Deprived of cross-border aid and already low on medical supplies, northeast Syria is grappling with the threat of a virus outbreak that aid groups and officials fear could ravage the region.
Monday, 23 March, 2020 , 18:53 AFP — Eight more mayors from Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party were dismissed on Monday on suspicion of links with Kurdish militants and were replaced by government-appointed trustees, the interior ministry said.
Saturday, 14 March, 2020 , 14:02 AFP — Pigeons are the only visitors to Arbil's citadel, normally buzzing with tourists, and security forces in masks and gloves have emptied cobblestone streets below as the Iraqi city goes into lockdown.
Monday, 9 March, 2020 , 19:37 AFP — A Turkish court on Monday sentenced the ex-mayor of a major Kurdish city to more than nine years in prison after convicting him of "membership in an armed terror group."
Monday, 9 March, 2020 , 16:51 AFP — A Turkish court on Monday sentenced the ex-mayor of a major Kurdish city to more than nine years in prison after convicting him of "membership in an armed terror group."
Monday, 9 March, 2020 , 14:45 AFP — A Turkish court on Monday sentenced the ex-mayor of a major Kurdish city to more than nine years in prison after convicting him of "membership in an armed terror group."
Monday, 9 March, 2020 , 10:51 AFP — On a Syrian highway, Hussein Abdel Hamid recently found himself trapped inside his car. A US army patrol had encountered Russian tanks down the road, neither allowing the other passage.
Saturday, 29 February, 2020 , 05:00 AFP — He may be languishing in jail but with his books flying off the shelves, Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas has joined an illustrious line of Turkish prison writers.
Sunday, 23 February, 2020 , 15:52 AFP — Syria's Kurds on Sunday renewed their appeal for international aid to put on trial thousands of captured members of the Islamic State group, including Western nationals.