Friday, 10 October, 2014 , 13:54 AFP — Kurdish residents in Kobane "will be most likely massacred" by advancing Islamic State jihadists, a UN envoy warned Friday, urging Turkey to stop blocking Kurds from crossing into Syria to defend the besieged town.
Friday, 10 October, 2014 , 13:06 AFP — Thousands of Syrian Kurds who fled the Islamic State jihadists' assault on the town of Kobane have moved from Turkey to Iraq or back to safer parts of their homeland, the UN said Friday.
Friday, 10 October, 2014 , 13:04 AFP — Jihadists captured the headquarters of Kurdish fighters defending the battleground Syrian town of Kobane Friday as a UN envoy warned of a looming "massacre" by the Islamic State group.
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.
