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US strikes pound jihadists as Iraqi Kurds prepare to join fight


Sunday, 26 October, 2014 , 03:16 AFP US-led warplanes have bombarded the Islamic State group with new air strikes as heavily armed Iraqi Kurdish fighters were on Sunday readying to reinforce the besieged Syrian border town of Kobane.

Three Turkish soldiers shot dead in 'terrorist' attack


Saturday, 25 October, 2014 , 20:22 AFP Masked gunmen on Saturday shot dead three Turkish soldiers in the restive Kurdish-majority southeast of the country, the army said, blaming separatist "terrorists" for an attack that threatens to undermine a fragile peace process.

Three Turkish soldiers shot dead in 'terrorist' attack


Saturday, 25 October, 2014 , 16:57 AFP Masked gunmen on Saturday shot dead three Turkish soldiers in the restive Kurdish-majority southeast of the country, the army said, blaming separatist "terrorists" for an attack that threatens to undermine a fragile ceasefire.

Three Turkish soldiers shot dead in 'terrorist' attack


Saturday, 25 October, 2014 , 16:06 AFP Masked gunmen on Saturday shot dead three Turkish soldiers in the restive Kurdish-majority southeast of the country, the army said, blaming separatist "terrorists" for an attack that threatens to undermine a fragile ceasefire.

Three Turkish soldiers shot dead in southeast: report


Saturday, 25 October, 2014 , 15:02 AFP Masked gunmen on Saturday shot dead three Turkish soldiers in the restive Kurdish majority southeast of the country, the official Anatolia news agency reported.

Turkish mothers hold 500th protest for missing relatives


Saturday, 25 October, 2014 , 14:58 AFP A group of Turkish mothers on Saturday led their 500th protest since the mid-1990s remembering relatives who disappeared allegedly at the hands of the state during one of modern Turkey's most turbulent periods.

Iraqi Kurdish forces retake town from jihadists


Saturday, 25 October, 2014 , 14:16 AFP Iraqi Kurdish forces on Saturday retook the northern town of Zumar from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists after weeks of fighting, a senior officer said.

IS attacks crossing as Kobane awaits Iraq Kurd relief


Saturday, 25 October, 2014 , 13:04 AFP Islamic State group fighters made a new bid to cut off the Syrian border town of Kobane from neighbouring Turkey Saturday as preparations gathered pace to deploy Iraqi Kurdish reinforcements.

Grateful for US strikes, Syrian Kurds name baby 'Obama'


Saturday, 25 October, 2014 , 03:02 AFP Sultan Muslim, a Syrian Kurd, had no doubt what to name her seventh child when he was born, safely in Turkey, after a harrowing month-long flight from her home in Kobane: Obama.

Syria Kurds sceptical about rebels reinforcing Kobane


Friday, 24 October, 2014 , 15:12 AFP Syria's Kurds reacted coolly Friday to the prospect of hundreds of rebel fighters joining their defence of the border town of Kobane, suggesting they should focus on fighting jihadists elsewhere.