Wednesday, 4 February, 2015 , 12:05 AFP — Nearly 1,000 Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters have been killed fighting the Islamic State jihadist group since June, a senior security official said on Wednesday.

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Monday, 2 February, 2015 , 18:54 AFP — Turkish prosecutors on Monday formally charged a Dutch journalist with "terrorist propaganda" and called for her to be jailed for up to five years, local media reported.

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.