Thursday, 22 January, 2026 , 16:05 AFP — Residents of Kobane, once symbolic of Kurdish fighters' victory against Islamic State jihadists in Syria, told AFP that they lack food, water and power and the enclave is flooded with people fleeing an army advance.
Thursday, 22 January, 2026 , 15:35 AFP — Iraq's judiciary said Thursday it would launch legal proceedings against Islamic State group detainees transferred from Syria to Iraq as part of a US operation.
Thursday, 22 January, 2026 , 14:53 AFP — The US army has begun transferring thousands of alleged Islamic State group jihadists formerly held by Syrian Kurdish fighters to neighbouring Iraq, which said Thursday it would commence legal proceedings against them.
Thursday, 22 January, 2026 , 13:59 AFP — Turkish authorities have banned all gatherings and demonstrations in the Kurdish majority city of Diyarbakir from Friday to Monday, the local governor's office said on Thursday.
Thursday, 22 January, 2026 , 10:17 AFP — The Iraqi judiciary on Thursday announced it would launch legal proceedings against Islamic State group detainees transferred from Syria to Iraq as part of a US operation.
Thursday, 22 January, 2026 , 10:17 AFP — The commander of US forces in the Middle East has called on Syria's president to support the transfer of thousands of jihadist prisoners from Syria to Iraq, the US military said.
Thursday, 22 January, 2026 , 09:30 AFP — The Iraqi judiciary on Thursday announced it would launch legal proceedings against Islamic State group detainees transferred from Syria to Iraq as part of a US operation.
Wednesday, 21 January, 2026 , 19:25 AFP — A French journalist arrested for covering a pro-Kurdish protest in Istanbul and who was facing possible deportation has been released, he told AFP on Wednesday.
Wednesday, 21 January, 2026 , 18:48 AFP — The United States said it launched an operation Wednesday that could move thousands of Islamic State group jihadists from Syria to Iraq, as Syrian and Kurdish-led forces traded accusations of breaching a fragile ceasefire.
Wednesday, 21 January, 2026 , 18:34 AFP — The United States said it launched an operation Wednesday that could move thousands of Islamic State group jihadists from Syria to Iraq, as Syrian and Kurdish-led forces traded accusations of breaching a fragile ceasefire.
