Thursday, 6 November, 2014 , 16:54 AFP — A Kurdish female activist was shot dead Thursday on the Syria-Turkey border near the besieged Syrian town of Kobane, allegedly by the Turkish security forces, reports said.

Thursday, 6 November, 2014 , 16:26 AFP — Turkey is pursuing a delicate but dangerous strategy after allowing peshmerga fighters to transit its soil to the besieged Syrian town of Kobane, fearing Kurdish domination of northern Syria but also risking the collapse of the peace process with Turkish Kurds.

Thursday, 6 November, 2014 , 11:24 AFP — Turkey is pursuing a delicate but potentially dangerous strategy over the besieged Syrian town of Kobane, working to thwart Kurdish domination of northern Syria but also running the risk of a breakdown of its peace process with the Kurds.

Tuesday, 4 November, 2014 , 15:12 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters who joined the battle for the Syrian border town of Kobane have been heavily shelling Islamic State group jihadists, a commander told AFP.

Tuesday, 4 November, 2014 , 08:48 AFP — The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group has released at least 93 Syrian Kurds from the flashpoint town of Kobane who were kidnapped in February, a monitor said Tuesday.

Saturday, 1 November, 2014 , 16:20 AFP — Iraqi peshmerga fighters prepared Saturday to join the fight against jihadists for the Syrian border town of Kobane, lifting hopes among residents of a turning point in the highly symbolic battle.

Saturday, 1 November, 2014 , 16:00 AFP — Thousands of people on Saturday took to the streets of Turkey and major European cities in a show of solidarity with the mainly Kurdish Syrian town of Kobane which has been besieged by jihadists for over six weeks.

Saturday, 1 November, 2014 , 14:26 AFP — Thousands of people on Saturday took to the streets in Turkey in an international day of solidarity with the mainly Kurdish Syrian town of Kobane which has been besieged by jihadists for over six weeks.

Saturday, 1 November, 2014 , 03:36 AFP — Kurdish peshmerga forces streamed across the Syrian border from Turkey late Friday to bolster defenders in the key border town of Kobane which is under assault by Islamic State group jihadists.

Friday, 31 October, 2014 , 21:33 AFP — Kurdish peshmerga reinforcements entered Syria from Turkey late Friday to bolster defenders in the key border town of Kobane which is under assault by Islamic State group jihadists.