Friday, 27 February, 2015 , 19:38 AFP — Kurdish fighters seized a strategic Islamic State stronghold in Syria Friday in a move that could impede jihadist movements near the border with Iraq, where they also control large swathes of territory.
Friday, 27 February, 2015 , 18:24 AFP — Kurdish fighters gained an important victory against the Islamic State group Friday by seizing a key stronghold in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Friday, 27 February, 2015 , 13:48 AFP — Kurdish fighters seized the eastern and southern outskirts Friday of a key Islamic State group stronghold in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said.
Thursday, 26 February, 2015 , 19:45 AFP — Kurdish forces have prevented displaced Arabs from returning to disputed areas of Iraq that Kurdish leaders want to incorporate in their autonomous region over Baghdad's objections, a report said Thursday.
Thursday, 26 February, 2015 , 10:17 AFP — Kurdish forces have prevented displaced Arabs from returning to disputed areas of Iraq that Kurdish leaders want to incorporate in their autonomous region over Baghdad's objections, a report said Thursday.
Wednesday, 25 February, 2015 , 18:34 AFP — An Australian who travelled to Syria to join Kurds battling jihadists has been killed, a monitor said Wednesday, adding he was the first Westerner to die fighting alongside the Kurds.
Wednesday, 25 February, 2015 , 17:26 AFP — An Australian who travelled to Syria to join Kurds battling jihadists has been killed, a monitor said Wednesday, adding he was the first Westerner to die fighting alongside the Kurds.
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Wednesday, 25 February, 2015 , 15:50 AFP — The kidnapping of dozens of Assyrian Christians by the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria has prompted an exodus of terrified families fleeing their homes, activists said Wednesday.
Sunday, 22 February, 2015 , 16:54 AFP — Kurdish fighters have launched an offensive against jihadists in Syria's northeastern Hassakeh province and pushed them from several areas, a monitoring group and the main Kurdish party said.
