Thursday, 23 October, 2014 , 21:07 AFP — A bid by Islamic State jihadists to seize the Syrian border town of Kobane has stalled and Kurdish fighters likely will be able to hold out indefinitely with the help of American warplanes, US officials said Thursday.

Thursday, 23 October, 2014 , 14:31 AFP — If they let their eyes wander from the blackboard, a handful of children from Kobane can watch their town being bombarded from the windows of their new Turkish school.

Thursday, 23 October, 2014 , 13:49 AFP — US-led air strikes in Syria were reported Thursday to have killed more than 500 jihadists in a month, as Kurdish fighters prepared to reinforce the embattled border town of Kobane.

Thursday, 23 October, 2014 , 11:19 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that 200 Iraqi Kurd peshmerga fighters would travel through Turkey to the flashpoint Syrian border town of Kobane under assault by the Islamic State group.

Thursday, 23 October, 2014 , 01:48 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish lawmakers agreed Wednesday to send much-needed reinforcements to fellow Kurds battling to stop the key Syrian border town of Kobane from falling into the hands of the Islamic State group.

Wednesday, 22 October, 2014 , 20:09 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish lawmakers agreed Wednesday to send much-needed reinforcements to fellow Kurds battling to stop the key Syrian border town of Kobane from falling into the hands of the Islamic State group.

Wednesday, 22 October, 2014 , 19:27 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish lawmakers agreed Wednesday to send much-needed reinforcements to fellow Kurds battling to stop the key Syrian border town of Kobane from falling into the hands of the Islamic State group.

Wednesday, 22 October, 2014 , 19:17 AFP — The US military admitted Wednesday a bundle of ammunition and weapons dropped over the Syrian border town of Kobane drifted off course and likely ended up in the hands of Islamic State jihadists instead of Kurdish forces.

Wednesday, 22 October, 2014 , 17:07 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish regional lawmakers Wednesday approved the deployment of security forces to the Syrian town of Kobane to help Kurds battling the Islamic State jihadist group, the parliament speaker said.

Wednesday, 22 October, 2014 , 16:43 AFP — A Danish court on Wednesday freed 10 men charged with "terror funding" after raising up to 140 million kroner (18.8 million euros, $23.8 million) for Kurdish rebels.