Sunday, 7 July, 2019 , 16:14 AFP — Malta's prime minister said Sunday his country would relocate to other EU countries 65 migrants stranded aboard the Alan Kurdi rescue ship, after two other boats defied efforts to stop them landing in neighbouring Italy.

Sunday, 7 July, 2019 , 15:44 AFP — Malta's prime minister said Sunday his country would relocate to other EU countries 65 migrants stranded aboard the Alan Kurdi rescue ship, which had been banned from entering Maltese waters.

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Saturday, 6 July, 2019 , 17:27 AFP — A charity rescue vessel on Saturday brought 41 shipwrecked migrants into port in Lampedusa, the second boat to defy far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini's bid to close Italian ports to them.

Saturday, 6 July, 2019 , 11:05 AFP — Dozens of international experts gathered in northeastern Syria on Saturday to discuss how to manage thousands of suspected Islamic State group members crammed into Kurdish-run prisons and camps.

Saturday, 29 June, 2019 , 16:55 AFP — Kurdish authorities in northeastern Syria have handed to Italy one of its citizens accused of belonging to the Islamic State group, a spokesman said Saturday.

Wednesday, 26 June, 2019 , 12:09 AFP — A Turkish soldier was killed and five were wounded Wednesday in clashes with Syrian Kurdish militia forces, the defence ministry said.

Wednesday, 26 June, 2019 , 10:39 AFP — A Turkish soldier was killed and five were wounded on Wednesday in a clash with Syrian Kurdish militia forces, the defence ministry said.

Monday, 17 June, 2019 , 13:36 AFP — A car bombing near Kurdish security offices in northeast Syria on Monday wounded seven civilians, including a child, a war monitor said.

Sunday, 16 June, 2019 , 11:59 AFP — Fires engulfing vital wheat fields across Syria's northeast have killed at least 10 people, a war monitor said Sunday, as Kurdish authorities claim the blazes were set deliberately.