Thursday, 19 March, 2015 , 20:05 AFP — Baghdad is sending a payment of $412 million to Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, a sign that a budget deal between the two sides is still on track, the finance minister said Thursday.

Monday, 16 March, 2015 , 20:29 AFP — The US military said Monday it is "concerned" about reports that Islamic State jihadists used chlorine gas in an attack against Kurdish forces, but it could not confirm the account.

Saturday, 14 March, 2015 , 19:04 AFP — Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan government has obtained evidence that the Islamic State group used chlorine in a car bomb attack against its peshmerga forces in January, a statement said Saturday.

Saturday, 14 March, 2015 , 07:22 AFP — The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group launched air strikes against the jihadists in a key Syrian village overnight after Kurdish forces appealed for action, a monitor said Saturday.

Friday, 13 March, 2015 , 16:01 AFP — Syrian Kurdish fighters urged the US-led coalition Friday to launch new air strikes on the Islamic State group as the jihadists brought in reinforcements for an attack in the northeast.

Friday, 13 March, 2015 , 11:55 AFP — The Turkish government took an unexpected step back on its controversial homeland security bill, taking the legislation out of parliament and sending it back to a committee for further revision.

Thursday, 12 March, 2015 , 16:02 AFP — Kurdish fighters on Thursday held off a fierce assault by the Islamic State group on the strategic border town of Ras al-Ain in northeast Syria, a monitoring group said.

Thursday, 12 March, 2015 , 13:02 AFP — The body of a young German woman killed in Syria fighting with Kurdish forces against the Islamic State (IS) group was on Thursday transferred to the Turkish side of the border ahead of burial in Germany, reports said.

Wednesday, 11 March, 2015 , 11:26 AFP — The Islamic State jihadist group launched a major offensive Wednesday to try to capture a strategic town on the Syrian-Turkish border, leaving dozens dead in clashes, a monitor said.

Wednesday, 11 March, 2015 , 09:18 AFP — The Islamic State jihadist group launched a major offensive Wednesday to try to capture a strategic town on the Syrian-Turkish border, sparking fierce clashes with Kurdish militia, a monitor said.