Wednesday, 4 February, 2026 , 20:10 AFP — Iranian 2023 Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi, jailed since her latest arrest in December, has gone on hunger strike to demand her right to phone calls, her family's Paris-based lawyer said on Wednesday.

Wednesday, 4 February, 2026 , 15:47 AFP — Syria signed a preliminary deal with US energy giant Chevron and Qatari firm Power International on Wednesday to explore for oil and gas off the coast of the country, which is still recovering from years of civil war.

Wednesday, 4 February, 2026 , 13:11 AFP — Authorities in Iraq's Kurdistan region on Wednesday closed a TV channel belonging to opposition leader Shaswar Abdulwahid, who had recently served a prison sentence.

Wednesday, 4 February, 2026 , 09:08 AFP — Turkish authorities have blocked for a second time an aid convoy from reaching the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane that's been overwhelmed by people fleeing fighting, a local NGO said on Wednesday.

Tuesday, 3 February, 2026 , 17:56 AFP — Syrian government forces entered the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli on Tuesday as part of a deal agreed last week to gradually integrate the Kurds' forces and institutions into the state.

Tuesday, 3 February, 2026 , 16:52 AFP — Syrian government forces entered the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli on Tuesday as part of a deal agreed last week to gradually integrate the Kurds' forces and institutions into the state.

Tuesday, 3 February, 2026 , 13:47 AFP — Syrian government forces started entering the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli on Tuesday under an integration deal agreed with the Kurds last week, state media reported.

Tuesday, 3 February, 2026 , 12:43 AFP — Syrian government forces started entering the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli on Tuesday under an integration deal agreed with the Kurds last week, state media reported.

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Tuesday, 3 February, 2026 , 09:30 AFP — Kurdish forces imposed a curfew on Kurdish-majority Qamishli in northeastern Syria on Tuesday, ahead of the deployment of government troops to the city, an AFP team reported.