Monday, 18 June, 2018 , 16:27 AFP — Turkey on Monday said it had started military patrols in an area around the Kurdish-held city of Manbij in northern Syria, in line with an agreement with the United States to scale down tensions in the region.

Monday, 18 June, 2018 , 16:25 AFP — Iraq's only Kurdish airline launched on Monday with a flight to Sweden, after years of delays owing to the Islamic State's offensive in the country.

Sunday, 17 June, 2018 , 20:51 AFP — Turkey's leading Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas on Sunday appeared on state television from his prison cell to denounce the government's "repressive regime", ahead of the presidential election next weekend.

Sunday, 17 June, 2018 , 20:15 AFP — Turkey's leading Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas on Sunday appeared on state television from his prison cell to denounce the government's "repressive regime", ahead of the presidential election next weekend.

Saturday, 16 June, 2018 , 08:45 AFP — Turkish police Saturday detained 19 people after deadly clashes erupted when a lawmaker from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party campaigned in a Kurdish town near the Syrian border, local media reported.

Friday, 15 June, 2018 , 17:49 AFP — Western-backed forces in Syria have released Europeans captured allegedly fighting for the Islamic State group back to the jihadists under secret deals, according to a British newspaper report Friday.

Thursday, 14 June, 2018 , 21:08 AFP — Four people were killed in southern Turkey Thursday in clashes that erupted when a lawmaker from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party was campaigning in a mainly Kurdish town near Syria, 10 days ahead of tightly-contested polls.

Thursday, 14 June, 2018 , 18:02 AFP — Three people were killed in southern Turkey Thursday in clashes that erupted when a lawmaker from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party was campaigning in a mainly Kurdish town near Syria, 10 days ahead of tightly-contested polls.

Thursday, 14 June, 2018 , 16:46 AFP — Three people were shot dead in southern Turkey on Thursday during an election campaign visit to a mainly Kuridsh town near Syria by an MP from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party, reports said.

Thursday, 14 June, 2018 , 05:13 AFP — Khaled beams at two late-night customers entering his sweet shop in Syria's Hasakeh. For the first time in years, the market is open past dusk ahead of the Eid al-Fitr feast.