Wednesday, 22 October, 2014 , 15:13 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish lawmakers Wednesday approved the deployment of security forces to the Syrian border town of Kobane to help Kurds battling jihadists from the Islamic State group, the parliament speaker said.

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Wednesday, 22 October, 2014 , 14:19 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday criticised as "wrong" the airdrops of ammunition and weapons by US planes to Kurdish fighters battling jihadists in the Syrian town of Kobane.

Wednesday, 22 October, 2014 , 13:31 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday criticised as "wrong" the airdrops of ammunition and weapons by US jets to Kurdish fighters battling jihadists in the Syrian town of Kobane.

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Wednesday, 22 October, 2014 , 11:19 AFP — Kurdish fighters defending Syria's border town of Kobane held out against the Islamic State group Wednesday, anxious for relief as Iraq's Kurdish parliament was set to vote on sending reinforcements.

Wednesday, 22 October, 2014 , 09:54 AFP — The jailed leader of Turkey's outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said he saw a better chance for a peace deal with Ankara, despite Kurdish protests over Turkish inaction in Syria.

Wednesday, 22 October, 2014 , 09:53 AFP — Syria's armed forces, including its aircraft, have been providing military support to Kurdish fighters defending the town of Kobane besieged by jihadists, the information minister said.

Wednesday, 22 October, 2014 , 09:14 AFP — Kurdish fighters defending Syria's border town of Kobane held out against the Islamic State group Wednesday, anxious for relief as Iraq's Kurdish parliament was set to vote on sending reinforcements.

Wednesday, 22 October, 2014 , 08:17 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish regional parliament will hold a session on Wednesday to vote on deploying peshmerga security forces to aid Syrian Kurds battling jihadists from the Islamic State group, a senior lawmaker said.