Saturday, 23 March, 2019 , 12:45 AFP —

Saturday, 23 March, 2019 , 07:30 AFP — Now the Islamic State group's "caliphate" has fallen, the hard-won limited autonomy of Syria's Kurds will be left in peril if their key US ally goes ahead with its announced pullout.

Thursday, 21 March, 2019 , 08:42 AFP — Under daily attack from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and with dozens of its mayors in jail, Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party is fighting an uphill battle for this month's local elections.

Tuesday, 19 March, 2019 , 15:06 AFP — An Italian fighting alongside a Kurdish-led force to expel the Islamic State group from its last pocket of territory in eastern Syria has been killed, the force said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 19 March, 2019 , 13:13 AFP — An Italian fighting alongside a Kurdish-led force to expel the Islamic State group from its last pocket of territory in eastern Syria has been killed, the force said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 19 March, 2019 , 10:37 AFP — An Italian fighting alongside Kurdish forces in Syria against the Islamic State (IS) group has been killed, media reported Tuesday, citing the jihadists and his family.

Tuesday, 19 March, 2019 , 09:35 AFP — Syria's Kurds have criticised the "threatening language" of the Damascus regime after it pledged to retake northeastern areas they control by reconciliation or by force.

Tuesday, 19 March, 2019 , 07:27 AFP — Iran has denied a claim by the Turkish interior minister that it took part in a joint operation on Monday targeting Kurdish rebels in the border area.

Monday, 18 March, 2019 , 22:04 AFP — As the Islamic State group defended its last scrap of territory against Kurdish-led forces in eastern Syria, a spokesman Monday urged followers to attack them elsewhere in the war-torn country.

Monday, 18 March, 2019 , 21:36 AFP —