Middle East and North Africa

The United States begins transferring Islamic State det...

Jan 22, 2026

US Central Command (CENTCOM) launched a new mission today, Wednesday 21 January,...

US transfers 150 ISIS militants from Syria to Iraq, pla...

Jan 22, 2026

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Wednesda...

Syrian government, SDF agree on a four-day ceasefire

Jan 21, 2026

Kurdish-led SDF accepts truce but reports continued attacks by government-allied...

Photos leaked to BBC show faces of hundreds killed in I...

Jan 21, 2026

Hundreds of photos revealing the faces of those killed during Iran's violent cra...

Statement from the President of the Kurdistan Region

Jan 21, 2026

Press Release 20 January 2026

Kurds rally in Kurdistan Region, abroad in support of R...

Jan 21, 2026

Kurdish forces withdraw from IS detention camp in north...

Jan 21, 2026

US says it no longer supports SDF, which left camp as it loses swathes of territ...

Central African Republic president wins third term

Jan 20, 2026

Faustin-Archange Touadera secured 77.90% of the vote in the December 28 election...

Syrian Interior Ministry ready to secure prisons holdin...

Jan 20, 2026

The Syrian Interior Ministry said it is fully ready to take over the management ...

The Syrian army completes its takeover of Raqqa and Dei...

Jan 20, 2026

Relative calm has prevailed in Raqqa and Deir Ezzor governorates in northeastern...

Damascus seeks to separate Kurds from the SDF

Jan 19, 2026

Syrian transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa has escalated his political rhetor...

President Nechirvan Barzani meets with the Commander of...

Jan 19, 2026

Rich Iranians partied as their countrymen died

Jan 19, 2026

Iran’s elite enjoyed nightlife in neighbouring Turkey as regime brutally cracked...

Why exiled crown prince may not be the answer to Iran’s...

Jan 19, 2026

Reza Pahlavi is courting Donald Trump after 50 years abroad but some Iranians se...

Syrian forces seize northern towns after Kurdish withdr...

Jan 18, 2026

Army says it has taken full control of Deir Hafer, east of Aleppo, and nearby Ma...