The 74-members of the UN-led Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) have selected an interim Prime Minister and President of its new executive council, marking what the UN Special Representative called another “historic moment” on the road to unification of the war-torn country and national elections in December.

Turkish defense minister Hulusi Akar’s unique visit to Iraq and the Kurdistan Region this week was dominated by the subject of the fight against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). A number of his comments to the media, hinting at a rare coordination between Ankara, Baghdad and Erbil against the PKK, …

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Friday announced the arrests of tens of Islamic State (ISIS) suspects in Deir ez-Zor in the past 24 hours, the first day of a new military operation launched in retaliation for the recent assassination of two female municipal employees.