Sunday, 1 February, 2015 , 14:30 AFP — The bodies of nine Islamic State fighters lie on the roadside in the village of Khamlici south of Kobane, the strategic Syrian town recaptured from the jihadists a week ago.

Sunday, 1 February, 2015 , 03:21 AFP — Billboards still read "Welcome to Arbil, 2014 Arab Tourism Capital," but most of the visitors Iraq's Kurdistan region welcomed last year were people made homeless by a jihadist offensive.

Saturday, 31 January, 2015 , 16:48 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish forces and police retook an oil field in Kirkuk province Saturday that was seized by the Islamic State group overnight, and freed 24 workers who had been taken captive, officers said.

Saturday, 31 January, 2015 , 13:04 AFP — Kurdish forces engaged in sporadic battles with Islamic State jihadists around the Syrian town of Kobane on Saturday, seeking to expand their control in the area, a monitor said.

Friday, 30 January, 2015 , 15:33 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish forces repelled a major attack by the Islamic State group in Kirkuk province that killed a top officer Friday, while violence elsewhere left at least 19 dead.

Friday, 30 January, 2015 , 14:54 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish forces repelled a major attack by the Islamic State group in Kirkuk province that killed a top officer Friday, while violence elsewhere left at least 19 dead.

Friday, 30 January, 2015 , 09:49 AFP — The Islamic State jihadist group killed a senior Kurdish commander and five fighters Friday in a major attack in Iraq's Kirkuk province, while bombings elsewhere left at least nine dead.

Friday, 30 January, 2015 , 07:57 AFP — The Islamic State jihadist group killed a senior Kurdish commander and five other fighters on Friday in a major attack in Iraq's Kirkuk province, an officer and a doctor said.

Thursday, 29 January, 2015 , 17:54 AFP — Turkey's government has demanded that the outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) lay down its arms on March 21, the Kurdish New Year, and relaunch peace talks to end three decades of conflict.

Thursday, 29 January, 2015 , 16:06 AFP — Kurdish fighters killed 22 jihadists around Kobane Thursday, days after recapturing the Syrian town, but the Islamic State group still controls hundreds of villages in the area, a monitor said.