Monday, 4 December, 2017 , 19:24 AFP — Russia's defence ministry said Monday its planes made hundreds of sorties in support of Kurdish and local militias in eastern Syria, predicting that the whole area will soon be free of jihadist fighters.

Sunday, 3 December, 2017 , 15:26 AFP — Around half of the Yazidis kidnapped by the Islamic State group three years ago are still missing, Iraqi Kurdish officials said Sunday.

Sunday, 3 December, 2017 , 14:06 AFP — A powerful Syrian Kurdish militia announced on Sunday it had cleared Islamic State group fighters from key territory east of the winding Euphrates River.

Saturday, 2 December, 2017 , 20:10 AFP — French President Emmanuel Macron called Saturday for a rapid opening of dialogue between Iraq's central government and Iraqi Kurdish leaders and for "all militias" to be dismantled to ease tensions.

Friday, 1 December, 2017 , 16:25 AFP — Residents of Kurdish-dominated areas in northern Syria voted Friday in local polls aimed at boosting their region's de facto semi-autonomous status acquired on the back of the country's ongoing war.

Wednesday, 29 November, 2017 , 16:44 AFP — The Turkish armed forces on Wednesday claimed to have killed over 80 "terrorists" after air strikes on Kurdish militant positions in northern Iraq.

Wednesday, 29 November, 2017 , 15:15 AFP — A Greek prosecutor on Wednesday charged nine Turks of belonging to a leftwing terror organisation, just over a week before Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was due to arrive in the country.

Tuesday, 28 November, 2017 , 11:37 AFP — Nine Turkish nationals suspected of belonging to leftwing extremist organisations were arrested Tuesday during an anti-terrorist operation in Athens, police said.

Tuesday, 28 November, 2017 , 01:38 AFP — With the Islamic State group routed at last, one of the oldest Christian communities in the Middle East has a chance to reoccupy its ancestral towns.

Monday, 27 November, 2017 , 20:19 AFP — Washington will "adjust" its delivery of weapons to an anti-jihadist alliance in Syria dominated by Kurdish fighters, Kurdish officials said Monday, insisting that collaboration with the United States will "continue".