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Peshmerga delegation enters Syria's Kobane: monitor


Thursday, 30 October, 2014 , 11:11 AFP A small delegation of Iraqi Kurdish fighters crossed the Turkish border into Syria's Kobane on Thursday to prepare the way for dozens more to reinforce the town's defenders, a monitor said.

Iraqi peshmerga groups link up in Turkey border town: AFP


Thursday, 30 October, 2014 , 09:01 AFP Two groups of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters set to join the fight for Kobane linked up Thursday in a Turkish border town but have yet to cross the border into Syria, an AFP photographer reported.

Kurds cheer reinforcements for Syria's Kobane


Wednesday, 29 October, 2014 , 19:45 AFP Crowds of flag-waving Kurds greeted Iraqi peshmerga forces travelling through Turkey Wednesday to join rebel fighters reinforcing the Syrian town of Kobane against an attack by the Islamic State group.

IS frees remaining Kurdish child hostages in Syria: monitor


Wednesday, 29 October, 2014 , 19:05 AFP The Islamic State group on Wednesday freed 25 Kurdish schoolchildren kidnapped by its fighters in northern Syria in May, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

IS frees 25 Kurdish schoolchildren held in Syria: monitor


Wednesday, 29 October, 2014 , 18:42 AFP The Islamic State group on Wednesday freed 25 Kurdish schoolchildren its fighters had kidnapped in northern Syria in May, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

IS jihadists free 25 Kurdish schoolchildren held in Syria: NGO


Wednesday, 29 October, 2014 , 18:32 AFP

US warplanes bomb IS near Kobane to aid Kurds in Syria


Wednesday, 29 October, 2014 , 18:03 AFP US warplanes renewed air strikes against Islamic State jihadists near the Syrian town of Kobane, as Iraqi peshmerga soldiers prepared to reinforce their fellow Kurds in the border area, the US military said on Wednesday.

Gunmen badly wound Turkish soldier in Kurdish city: army


Wednesday, 29 October, 2014 , 17:55 AFP A Turkish soldier was on Wednesday fighting for his life in hospital after being shot by two masked gunmen in Turkey's biggest Kurdish-populated city of Diyarbakir in the southeast of the country, the army said.

Kurds cheer reinforcements for Syria's Kobane


Wednesday, 29 October, 2014 , 16:05 AFP Crowds of flag-waving Kurds greeted Iraqi peshmerga fighters travelling through Turkey Wednesday to join opposition rebels reinforcing the Syrian town of Kobane against an attack by the Islamic State jihadist group.

US warplanes bomb IS near Kobane to aid Kurds in Syria


Wednesday, 29 October, 2014 , 14:14 AFP US warplanes renewed air strikes against Islamic State jihadists near the Syrian town of Kobane, as Iraqi peshmerga soldiers prepared to reinforce their fellow Kurds in the border area, the US military said on Wednesday.