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Syria Kurds say struck deal with Damascus on battleground dam


Thursday, 10 April, 2025 , 17:31 AFP The Kurdish authorities in northeastern Syria have struck a deal with the central government on running a key dam they captured from jihadists with US support, a Kurdish source said Thursday.

Iran executes five 'political prisoners': rights groups


Wednesday, 9 April, 2025 , 19:29 AFP Iran on Wednesday executed five men accused of belonging to banned Sunni Muslim groups, rights groups said, describing them as "political prisoners" who had been subjected to an unjust trial.

Court convicts Austrian woman after Syrian detention camp repatriation


Wednesday, 9 April, 2025 , 14:53 AFP A Vienna court on Wednesday convicted an Austrian woman brought back from a Syrian detention camp for having been part of the Islamic State group, but ordered her jail sentence to be suspended in the first such case in the country.

Austrian woman on trial after repatriation from Syrian detention camp


Wednesday, 9 April, 2025 , 09:28 AFP An Austrian woman who was brought back alongside her son from a Syrian detention camp went on trial in Vienna on Wednesday, in the first such case in the country.

Austria woman on trial after repatriation from Syrian detention camp


Wednesday, 9 April, 2025 , 09:24 AFP An Austrian woman who was brought back alongside her son from a Syrian detention camp went on trial in Vienna on Wednesday, in the first such case in the country.

Pro-Turkey Syria groups reduce presence in Kurdish area: official


Tuesday, 8 April, 2025 , 18:48 AFP Pro-Turkey Syrian groups have scaled down their military presence in a historically Kurdish-majority area of the country's north which they have controlled since 2018, a Syrian defence ministry official said on Tuesday.

Pro-Turkey Syria groups reduce presence in Kurdish area: official


Tuesday, 8 April, 2025 , 15:52 AFP Pro-Turkey Syrian groups have scaled down their military presence in an historically Kurdish-majority area of the country's north which they have controlled since 2018, a Syrian defence ministry official said on Tuesday.

German far-left militants convicted over 1995 attack plot


Tuesday, 8 April, 2025 , 15:26 AFP Two German left-wing extremists who had been living in exile in Venezuela were given suspended sentences on Tuesday for planning an attack in the 1990s, after they returned to Germany under a plea deal.

Nose job boom in Iran where procedure can boost social status


Tuesday, 8 April, 2025 , 04:06 AFP All of the women in Iranian model Azadeh's family have had nose surgeries, each feeling the pressure to conform with Western beauty standards in a country where female bodies are heavily policed.

Syrian leader to visit key backer Turkey on Friday


Monday, 7 April, 2025 , 15:47 AFP Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa will on Friday visit Turkey, a key supporter of his Islamist-led coalition which toppled president Bashar al-Assad, a Turkish official said on Monday.