Monday, 16 February, 2015 , 19:49 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish premier Nechirvan Barzani on Monday accused the Baghdad government of failing to give his autonomous Kurdish region its share of oil revenues despite a deal signed in December.

Sunday, 15 February, 2015 , 18:42 AFP — At least 35 Islamic State jihadists were killed on Sunday in clashes with Syrian Kurdish fighters around the flashpoint town of Kobane, a monitor said.

Wednesday, 11 February, 2015 , 13:26 AFP — Meet Nassrin Abdallah. With her diminutive height and broad smile, it doesn't seem like she should strike fear into the hearts of hardened Islamic State jihadists.

Monday, 9 February, 2015 , 20:06 AFP — Syrian Kurdish forces have set their sights on taking back from jihadists Tal Abyad, another strategic town on the border with Turkey, after recapturing Kobane, a monitor said Monday.

Monday, 9 February, 2015 , 17:33 AFP — Kurdish forces backed up by US-led air strikes have recaptured territory from Islamic State jihadists near the strategic city of Mosul in northern Iraq, the American military said Monday.

Sunday, 8 February, 2015 , 12:02 AFP — Syrian Kurdish forces have recaptured more than a third of the villages around Kobane from the Islamic State group since routing the jihadists from the town a fortnight ago, a monitor said Sunday.

Friday, 6 February, 2015 , 13:06 AFP — Syrian Kurdish fighters have seized dozens of villages from Islamic State group jihadists around the town of Kobane on the Turkish border, expanding their control in the area, a monitor said Friday.

Wednesday, 4 February, 2015 , 17:01 AFP — Syrian Kurdish forces made fresh advances Wednesday near the flashpoint town of Kobane, bringing the number of villages they have recaptured from the Islamic State group to 50, a monitor said.

Wednesday, 4 February, 2015 , 12:41 AFP — Syrian Kurdish fighters in the battleground town of Kobane commemorated Jordanian pilot Maaz al-Kassasbeh as a "martyr" after his brutal execution by their jihadist foes, an activist said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 4 February, 2015 , 12:21 AFP — Nearly 1,000 Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters have been killed battling the Islamic State jihadist group since June, a senior security official said on Wednesday.