Friday, 10 October, 2014 , 12:56 AFP — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday vowed to press on with efforts to make peace with Turkey's Kurds despite deadly pro-Kurdish protests, saying he would work for an agreement until "my last breath".

Friday, 10 October, 2014 , 11:35 AFP — Islamic State group militants overran the headquarters of Kurdish forces defending the battleground Syrian border town of Kobane on Friday, a monitoring group said.

Friday, 10 October, 2014 , 11:05 AFP — Islamic State group militants overran the headquarters of Kurdish forces defending the battleground Syrian border town of Kobane on Friday, a monitoring group said.

Friday, 10 October, 2014 , 11:02 AFP — UN envoy Staffan de Mistura on Friday called on Turkey to allow Kurds to cross back into Syria to defend the key border town of Kobane from an onslaught by Islamic State jihadists.

Friday, 10 October, 2014 , 10:47 AFP —

Friday, 10 October, 2014 , 10:29 AFP — Clutching a bloodstained napkin used by her brother just before his death, a young Syrian Kurdish woman mourned for the 23-year-old killed while defending the key town of Kobane from Islamic State insurgents.

Friday, 10 October, 2014 , 10:21 AFP — UN envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura on Friday called on Turkey to allow Kurdish refugees to cross back into Syria to protect the city of Kobane, besieged by jihadists from the Islamic State group.

Friday, 10 October, 2014 , 10:09 AFP —

Friday, 10 October, 2014 , 08:37 AFP — Kurdish militia fought to hold off Islamic State group jihadists in the battleground Syrian border town of Kobane on Friday as pressure grew for action by neighbouring Turkey.

Thursday, 9 October, 2014 , 20:55 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed Thursday that the peace process with Kurdish rebels would not be derailed by "sabotage", after at least 27 people were killed in protests over the government's policy on Islamic State (IS) militants.