Wednesday, 9 January, 2019 , 14:02 AFP — Syria's Kurds on Wednesday said they had captured eight alleged foreign jihadists including an American teenager in fighting against the Islamic State group.

Wednesday, 9 January, 2019 , 13:39 AFP —

Tuesday, 8 January, 2019 , 15:30 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday condemned comments by a key US envoy over the future of a US-allied Syrian Kurdish militia as a "grave mistake", as tensions flared over Washington's planned withdrawal from war-torn Syria.

Tuesday, 8 January, 2019 , 14:50 AFP — Russian military police have begun patrolling around the Syrian city of Manbij, a spokesman said Tuesday, moving into an area once held by US-backed Kurdish forces.

Tuesday, 8 January, 2019 , 13:49 AFP — Security forces in Iraqi Kurdistan have been "torturing children" to force them to confess to having links with the jihadist Islamic State group, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.

Tuesday, 8 January, 2019 , 13:03 AFP — Turkey on Tuesday urged the United States to take back all the weapons provided to Syrian Kurdish militia forces in the fight against the Islamic State group, a presidential spokesman said.

Tuesday, 8 January, 2019 , 12:52 AFP — Turkey has denied promising the United States it would protect Syrian Kurdish militia forces in Syria, a presidential spokesman said Tuesday as Washington prepares for a troop pullout.

Tuesday, 8 January, 2019 , 12:44 AFP —

Tuesday, 8 January, 2019 , 11:37 AFP — Russian military police have begun patrolling around the Syrian city of Manbij, a spokesman said Tuesday, moving into an area once held by US-backed Kurdish forces.

Tuesday, 8 January, 2019 , 11:13 AFP — From the ancient citadel overlooking the valley, Ridvan Ayhan looks at the Tigris with a furrowed brow. The river that supported his family's town for generations will soon destroy it.