Thursday, 9 August, 2018 , 10:33 AFP — Syria's Kurdish minority, hailed as an indispensable Western ally during the war against the Islamic State group, faces hard bargaining with Damascus to save its hard-won autonomy.

Monday, 6 August, 2018 , 12:25 AFP — Turkish authorities on Monday conducted a hugely sensitive operation to move a centuries-old bath house weighing 1,600 tonnes to new location to avoid being engulfed under floodwaters by a controversial dam project.

Sunday, 5 August, 2018 , 20:53 AFP — A Kurdish-Arab coalition in Syria on Sunday denied a Human Rights Watch report that it was recruiting children from displacement camps in the country's northeast in violation of international law.

Friday, 3 August, 2018 , 15:09 AFP — An Ankara court on Friday handed multiple life sentences to nine suspects convicted over the October 2015 bombing on a peace rally outside the capital's train station, the deadliest attack in Turkey's modern history.

Friday, 3 August, 2018 , 11:59 AFP — Syria's leading Kurdish force is recruiting children from displacement camps in the country's northeast in violation of international law, Human Rights Watch said Friday.

Thursday, 2 August, 2018 , 09:20 AFP — Amnesty International on Thursday accused Turkish forces of allowing Syrian armed groups to commit major rights abuses in the northern region of Afrin, urging Ankara to end the violations immediately.

Wednesday, 1 August, 2018 , 23:08 AFP — Amnesty International on Thursday accused Turkish forces of allowing Syrian armed groups to commit major rights abuses in the northern region of Afrin, urging Ankara to immediately end the violations.

Wednesday, 1 August, 2018 , 20:47 AFP — Kurdish refugee turned Cambridge University math professor Caucher Birkar was among four winners Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro of the prestigious Fields prize, dubbed the Nobel for mathematics, but had his gold medal stolen minutes later.

Wednesday, 1 August, 2018 , 18:38 AFP — Kurdish refugee turned Cambridge University math professor Caucher Birkar was among four winners Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro of the prestigious Fields prize, dubbed the Nobel for mathematics, but had his gold medal stolen minutes later.

Wednesday, 1 August, 2018 , 18:12 AFP — A Kurdish refugee turned Cambridge University professor who was awarded math's most prestigious prize in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday had the gold medal stolen from him just minutes later, organizers said.