Thursday, 18 December, 2014 , 21:55 AFP — Kurdish forces pushed deep into jihadist strongholds in northern Iraq Thursday and claimed to have broken a siege on a mountain where Yazidi civilians and fighters have been trapped for months.

Thursday, 18 December, 2014 , 19:31 AFP — A broad peshmerga operation backed by US-led air strikes broke the Islamic State group's weeks-old siege of Iraq's Mount Sinjar on Thursday, a top Iraqi Kurdistan security official said.

Thursday, 18 December, 2014 , 18:44 AFP —

Thursday, 18 December, 2014 , 17:08 AFP — Kurdish forces backed up by US-led warplanes have recaptured a large area in Iraq near the Syrian border in an offensive this week against Islamic State jihadists, a US commander said Thursday.

Thursday, 18 December, 2014 , 16:42 AFP — Kurdish forces backed by foreign jets pressed an ambitious operation against the Islamic State group in northern Iraq on Thursday, taking on the jihadists in the heart of their "caliphate".

Thursday, 18 December, 2014 , 15:55 AFP — Kurdish forces backed up by US-led warplanes have recaptured a large area in Iraq near the Syrian border in an offensive against Islamic State jihadists, a top US commander said Thursday.

Thursday, 18 December, 2014 , 15:31 AFP — Kurdish forces backed up by US-led warplanes have recaptured a large area in Iraq near the Syrian border in an offensive against Islamic State jihadists, a top US commander said Thursday.

Thursday, 18 December, 2014 , 15:20 AFP —

Thursday, 18 December, 2014 , 10:48 AFP — Kurdish forces backed by foreign jets pressed an ambitious operation against the Islamic State group in northern Iraq on Thursday, taking on the jihadists in the heart of their "caliphate".

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.