Friday, 25 October, 2019 , 14:23 AFP — The US is to use "mechanised forces" -- armoured vehicles which can include tanks -- to help control Syrian oil fields and prevent Islamic State (IS) group fighters seizing them, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Friday.

Friday, 25 October, 2019 , 13:37 AFP — Since fleeing a Turkish assault in northeastern Syria, Anwar has been living in constant anxiety -- unable to return home or to tolerate life in a room with 20 others.

Friday, 25 October, 2019 , 12:22 AFP — Damascus and Moscow deployed extra forces Friday to Syria's border with Turkey, even as Washington partially reversed a drawback to boost its own military presence near key Syrian oil fields.

Friday, 25 October, 2019 , 11:11 AFP — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Friday that Turkey's military incursion in Syria was in his country's interest, fearing an increase in the number of refugees seeking to flee to Europe.

Friday, 25 October, 2019 , 10:42 AFP — Turkey on Friday warned Washington that any meeting with the leader of a US-backed Syrian Kurdish-led force risked "legitimising terrorists".

Friday, 25 October, 2019 , 08:30 AFP — Human rights organisations on Friday accused Turkey of "forcibly" deporting refugees to war-torn Syria in the months leading up to its military incursion in the neighbouring country.

Friday, 25 October, 2019 , 07:52 AFP — Some 300 Russian military police have arrived in Syria to patrol the flashpoint Syrian-Turkish frontier, the defence ministry said on Friday.

Friday, 25 October, 2019 , 00:33 AFP — In a ceremony at an ancient, ruined temple in northern Iraq, Faiza Fuad joined a growing number of Kurds who are leaving Islam to embrace the faith of their ancestors -- Zoroastrianism.

Friday, 25 October, 2019 , 00:32 AFP — In a dusty camp in northeastern Syria, Umm Osama says she hopes a deadly Turkish offensive against her Kurdish jailers will allow Islamic State group supporters like her to escape.

Thursday, 24 October, 2019 , 23:48 AFP — The US said Thursday it would beef up its military presence to protect northeastern Syria oil fields as Kurdish forces abandoned several positions to comply with a deal allowing Damascus, Ankara and Moscow to carve up their now-defunct autonomous region.