Monday, 7 November, 2016 , 19:18 AFP — Outside the newly conquered village of Abu Ilaj on the road to Raqa in Syria, anti-jihadist fighters dig trenches with bulldozers to prevent a surprise Islamic State group attack.
Monday, 7 November, 2016 , 16:47 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces said Monday that they had advanced into an Islamic State group-held town near Mosul and were moving from house to house clearing it.
Monday, 7 November, 2016 , 15:43 AFP — Turkey on Monday slammed EU criticism of its crackdown following the July 15 coup bid and warned relations were increasingly fragile as the bloc crafts a report on its stalled membership bid.
Monday, 7 November, 2016 , 12:20 AFP — The Syrian Al-Watan newspaper, which is close to the government, on Monday dismissed a new assault on the Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold of Raqa as a "media" operation.
Monday, 7 November, 2016 , 11:32 AFP — Turkey on Monday warned the United States not to allow demographic changes in the Syrian city of Raqa after Kurdish-Arab forces launched a US-backed operation to capture the jihadist bastion.
Monday, 7 November, 2016 , 11:14 AFP — Turkey protested to EU envoys and branded relations with Brussels as "fragile" on Monday over the bloc's criticism of its crackdown in the wake of the July 15 coup.
Monday, 7 November, 2016 , 10:26 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish forces on Monday launched an assault on a jihadist-held town near the northern city of Mosul, close to the site of a controversial Turkish military deployment, a commander said.
Monday, 7 November, 2016 , 10:16 AFP — The authorities of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Monday handed over a Japanese national detained last month on suspicion of ties to the Islamic State jihadist group.
Sunday, 6 November, 2016 , 20:28 AFP — For Shawakh Gharib, it's time to take revenge. With the start of the offensive to conquer Raqa, the Syrian fighter believes his dream of going home will soon come true.
Sunday, 6 November, 2016 , 15:20 AFP — Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party on Sunday said it was pulling out of parliament after nine of its MPs including the two co-leaders were arrested in an unprecedented crackdown.
