Sunday, 12 October, 2014 , 11:18 AFP — Islamic State jihadists met dogged Kurdish resistance in the high-profile Syrian battleground town of Kobane Sunday but they put Iraqi forces under heavy pressure, prompting the first US-led relief drops.

Sunday, 12 October, 2014 , 10:06 AFP — Three suicide car bomb attacks against offices in a Kurdish-controlled Iraqi town killed at least 25 people on Sunday, most of them Kurdish forces veterans volunteering to re-enlist, officials said.

Sunday, 12 October, 2014 , 09:35 AFP — Three car bomb blasts targeting key buildings in the Kurdish-controlled Iraqi town of Qara Tapah killed at least 20 people on Sunday, the mayor and security sources said.

Sunday, 12 October, 2014 , 09:17 AFP — Three car bomb blasts targeting key buildings in the Kurdish-controlled Iraqi town of Qara Tapah killed at least 20 people on Sunday, the mayor and security sources said.

Sunday, 12 October, 2014 , 03:46 AFP — Kurdish fighters halted a thrust by Islamic State jihadists towards the heart of the Syrian border town of Kobane Saturday, after the UN warned thousands of civilians risked massacre if it falls.

Saturday, 11 October, 2014 , 19:42 AFP — Kurdish fighters halted a thrust by Islamic State jihadists towards the heart of the Syrian border town of Kobane Saturday, after the UN warned thousands of civilians risked massacre if it falls.

Saturday, 11 October, 2014 , 19:13 AFP — More than 20,000 Kurds protested against the Islamic State group in the western German city of Duesseldorf Saturday, according to the police.

Saturday, 11 October, 2014 , 17:16 AFP — A leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) warned on Saturday it had called all its fighters back to Turkey and could resume attacks, after protests over the government's policy on Syria left dozens dead.

Saturday, 11 October, 2014 , 16:54 AFP — Two people were seriously wounded Saturday as a Kurdish demonstration was attacked by radical Muslims in the western Austrian city of Bregenz, police said, days after clashes in neighbouring Germany left 23 injured.

Saturday, 11 October, 2014 , 16:32 AFP — Kurdish fighters halted a thrust by Islamic State group jihadists towards the heart of the battleground Syrian town of Kobane Saturday, after the UN warned thousands of civilians risked massacre.