Wednesday, 17 December, 2014 , 20:52 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish forces on Wednesday launched a broad offensive backed by mass bombing from US-led coalition warplanes to retake the northeastern Sinjar area from the Islamic State group.

Wednesday, 17 December, 2014 , 19:34 AFP — US and allied warplanes have carried out 61 air strikes against Islamic State jihadists in Iraq since Monday, including dozens in support of Kurdish forces, the military said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 17 December, 2014 , 19:12 AFP — US and allied warplanes carried out 61 air strikes against Islamic State jihadists in Iraq since Monday, including dozens of raids in support of Kurdish forces, the military said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 17 December, 2014 , 17:49 AFP — Militants from the Islamic State group have abducted two reporters working for the Iraq-based Kurdish TV channel Rudaw in northeastern Syria, the network announced Wednesday.

Wednesday, 17 December, 2014 , 16:26 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish forces launched a broad offensive on Wednesday aimed at recapturing areas near the Syrian border that have been held by the Islamic State group for months, officials said.

Wednesday, 17 December, 2014 , 11:44 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish forces launched a broad offensive on Wednesday aimed at recapturing areas near the Syrian border that have been held by the Islamic State group for months, officials said.

Saturday, 13 December, 2014 , 18:57 AFP — Kurdish forces killed at least 16 Islamic State group fighters in an attack on Saturday in northeast Syria near the border with Turkey, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Wednesday, 10 December, 2014 , 11:20 AFP — Six months into the jihadist offensive in Iraq, the autonomous Kurds said Wednesday they had lost more than 700 fighters and argued the burden of hosting a million displaced civilians was becoming unsustainable.

Wednesday, 10 December, 2014 , 09:26 AFP — Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region said Wednesday that 727 of its fighters have been killed in the conflict against the Islamic State group since the jihadists launched their offensive in June.

Wednesday, 10 December, 2014 , 08:43 AFP — Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region said Wednesday that 727 of its fighters have been killed in the conflict against the Islamic State group since the jihadists launched their offensive in June.