Monday, 20 October, 2014 , 02:44 AFP — The American military for the first time airdropped weapons, ammunition and medical supplies to Syrian Kurds in the battleground city of Kobane, US Central Command said Sunday, in a move likely to anger key ally Turkey.

Monday, 20 October, 2014 , 02:11 AFP —

Sunday, 19 October, 2014 , 12:44 AFP — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday rejected calls for Turkey to arm the main Kurdish party in Syria, describing the group as a terrorist organisation.

Sunday, 19 October, 2014 , 01:38 AFP — Kurdish forces in the Syrian town of Kobane repulsed a new attempt by Islamic State fighters to cut off the border with Turkey Saturday as troops battled the jihadists in neighbouring Iraq.

Saturday, 18 October, 2014 , 18:33 AFP — Kurdish forces in the Syrian town of Kobane repulsed a new attempt by Islamic State fighters to cut off the border with Turkey Saturday as troops battled the jihadists in neighbouring Iraq.

Saturday, 18 October, 2014 , 16:28 AFP — Kurdish forces in the Syrian town of Kobane repulsed a new attempt by Islamic State fighters to cut off the border with Turkey Saturday as troops battled the jihadists in neighbouring Iraq.

Saturday, 18 October, 2014 , 12:13 AFP — Kurdish forces in the Syrian town of Kobane repulsed a new attempt by Islamic State fighters to cut off the border with Turkey Saturday as troops battled the jihadists in neighbouring Iraq.

Saturday, 18 October, 2014 , 08:50 AFP — Kurdish forces in the Syrian town of Kobane repulsed a new attempt by Islamic State fighters to cut off the border with Turkey Saturday as troops battled the jihadists in neighbouring Iraq.

Friday, 17 October, 2014 , 15:10 AFP — US-led warplanes pummelled jihadists in Syria on Friday as local forces fought the Islamic State group on the ground in neighbouring Iraq, which the US military declared its top priority.

Friday, 17 October, 2014 , 14:52 AFP — It's hardly the moment to plan a victory parade -- but the mood has changed.