Tuesday, 19 December, 2017 , 16:17 AFP — Five people were killed and dozens wounded in Iraqi Kurdistan on Tuesday as security forces opened fire after protesters torched the offices of political parties in the autonomous region, a medical official said.

Tuesday, 19 December, 2017 , 15:55 AFP —

Tuesday, 19 December, 2017 , 15:13 AFP — Protesters in Iraqi Kurdistan torched a mayor's office and stormed a ruling party building on Tuesday as anger raged for a second day over the disastrous fallout from an independence vote.

Tuesday, 19 December, 2017 , 12:47 AFP — Protesters in Iraqi Kurdistan torched a mayor's office and stormed a ruling party building on Tuesday as anger raged for a second day over the disastrous fallout from an independence vote.

Tuesday, 19 December, 2017 , 10:16 AFP — Protesters in Iraqi Kurdistan torched a mayor's office and stormed a ruling party building on Tuesday as anger raged for a second day at the disastrous fallout from a September independence referendum.

Monday, 18 December, 2017 , 20:12 AFP — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and a Kurdish-dominated force exchanged insults Monday, raising fears of a new fault line in the country's devastating seven-year conflict.

Monday, 18 December, 2017 , 18:05 AFP — Protesters in Iraqi Kurdistan on Monday torched offices of the main political parties and security services as anger at the authorities boiled over in the wake of a failed independence push.

Monday, 18 December, 2017 , 17:53 AFP — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday called US-backed Kurdish fighters "traitors", sparking an exchange of insults with a force that controls more than a quarter of the country.

Monday, 18 December, 2017 , 17:29 AFP — A US-backed Syrian force on Monday accused President Bashar al-Assad of opening the country's borders to "foreign terrorists" after he labelled its fighters "traitors".

Monday, 18 December, 2017 , 17:09 AFP —