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.

Thursday, 11 October, 2018 , 17:11 AFP — Ten members of a key financial network for the Islamic State network have been arrested in Iraq, the US-led coalition fighting the jihadists announced Thursday.

Thursday, 11 October, 2018 , 15:52 AFP — Syrian Kurdish forces battling the Islamic State group hold around 900 of the organisation's foreign jihadists, a spokesman said on Thursday, a sharp increase from a previous figure.

Wednesday, 10 October, 2018 , 18:45 AFP — The Islamic State group launched a deadly counter-offensive on Wednesday to repel US-backed forces advancing on a final jihadist-held pocket of eastern Syria, a monitor said.