Tuesday, 23 October, 2018 , 08:51 AFP — From northern Syria, Muslim convert Sufyan is imploring his native Germany to take him back, having been captured years after joining the Islamic State group's so-called "caliphate".
Tuesday, 23 October, 2018 , 02:06 AFP — Syria's Kurds are holding hundreds of alleged foreign fighters from the Islamic State group, but say they will not try them and have urged their home countries to repatriate them.
Monday, 22 October, 2018 , 09:24 AFP — A year after a disastrous independence vote he had championed in Iraqi Kurdistan, veteran leader Massud Barzani has made a strong comeback both on the home front and in Baghdad.
Sunday, 21 October, 2018 , 14:34 AFP — The dominant party in Iraq's Kurdistan has secured the most seats in the autonomous region's parliament, despite its leader Massud Barzani having championed an ill-fated independence referendum last year, the local electoral commission said Sunday.
Sunday, 21 October, 2018 , 12:45 AFP — The dominant party in Iraq's Kurdistan has secured the most seats in the autonomous region's parliament, despite its leader Massud Barzani having championed an ill-fated independence referendum last year, the local electoral commission said Sunday.
Saturday, 20 October, 2018 , 13:16 AFP — An offensive by US-backed forces against the Islamic State group's last redoubt in eastern Syria killed 35 jihadists on Saturday, a Britain-based war monitor said.
Monday, 15 October, 2018 , 10:50 AFP — Syria said Monday it was waiting for Russia to determine whether a deal creating a buffer in the northwest was implemented, hours after jihadists missed a deadline to leave the zone.
Sunday, 14 October, 2018 , 17:36 AFP — US State Department number two John Sullivan departs Sunday for Iraq to meet with the country's new leaders, the highest level administration official to do so since their election.
Saturday, 13 October, 2018 , 10:33 AFP — Hundreds of people were taken by Islamic State group fighters from a displacement camp in east Syria during a jihadist counterattack against advancing US-backed forces, a monitor said Saturday.
Friday, 12 October, 2018 , 09:58 AFP — From kidnappings for ransom to armed robberies and torture: residents of Syria's Afrin region say they are suffering a litany of abuses at the hands of Turkish-backed rebels.
