Sunday, 24 February, 2019 , 14:07 AFP — Turkey conditionally freed Kurdish writer and artist Zehra Dogan on Sunday after more than two years in jail for "terrorist propaganda", her employer said.
Friday, 22 February, 2019 , 14:46 AFP — US-backed fighters trucked out civilians from the last speck of the Islamic State group's dying "caliphate" in Syria on Friday, eager to press on with the battle to crush the jihadists.
Wednesday, 20 February, 2019 , 16:56 AFP — A man was seriously injured after setting himself on fire in Germany Wednesday as a protest against Turkey's detention of militant Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, police said.
Wednesday, 20 February, 2019 , 14:37 AFP — A Danish court handed jail terms Wednesday to four Syrians who threw Molotov cocktails at the Turkish embassy in Copenhagen and ruled they should be deported.
Wednesday, 20 February, 2019 , 13:37 AFP — The Islamic State group is cornered on a tiny patch of land in eastern Syria, after losing almost all the territory it claimed during a lightning 2014 offensive that was mirrored in neighbouring Iraq.
Tuesday, 19 February, 2019 , 11:20 AFP — Jihadists defending their last dreg of territory in Syria will be "killed in battle" if they don't surrender, a Kurdish-led force said Tuesday ahead of a final showdown.
Monday, 18 February, 2019 , 17:37 AFP — The parliament in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region on Monday elected its first ever woman speaker as a temporary stop-gap while deep political rifts persist more than four months after legislative elections.
Monday, 18 February, 2019 , 12:22 AFP — US-backed Kurdish fighters have played a leading role in the defeat of the Islamic State group in Syria but are themselves branded "terrorists" by neighbouring Turkey.
Monday, 18 February, 2019 , 11:58 AFP — A top Kurdish official has called on Europe not to abandon Syrian Kurds once the battle against the Islamic State group is over and to help set up an international force to protect them from Turkey.
Monday, 18 February, 2019 , 09:49 AFP — A top Kurdish official has called on Europe not to abandon Syrian Kurds once the battle against the Islamic State group is over and to help set up an international force to protect them from Turkey.
