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Germans teach Kurds to handle new guns for IS fight


Monday, 6 October, 2014 , 09:43 AFP On a dusty firing range outside the Iraqi Kurdish capital of Arbil, peshmerga fighter Ardalan Aziz Hamad hefts his new German-made assault rifle and is clearly impressed.

Turkish army uses tear gas to move press, Kurds from border: AFP


Monday, 6 October, 2014 , 09:27 AFP The Turkish security forces on Monday used tear gas to push dozens of reporters and Kurdish civilians away from the border zone close to intense fighting for the besieged Syrian town of Kobane.

Kurds battle for Syria town, woman suicide bomber hits IS


Monday, 6 October, 2014 , 08:43 AFP Kurdish militia fought off a fresh assault by the Islamic State group on a key Syrian town early Monday, after one desperate woman defender carried out a suicide attack against the jihadists.

Kurd fighters repulse new IS assault on Syria town: monitor


Monday, 6 October, 2014 , 07:20 AFP Kurdish fighters held off a fresh assault by jihadists of the Islamic State group on the embattled Syrian border town of Kobane overnight, a monitoring group said on Monday.

Kurds battle for key Syria town, woman suicide bomber hits IS


Monday, 6 October, 2014 , 01:38 AFP Kurdish fighters backed by US-led air strikes battled the Islamic State group for a key Syrian town Sunday, with one woman defender blowing herself up using the jihadists' own tactic.

Kurds battle for key Syria town, woman suicide bomber hits IS


Sunday, 5 October, 2014 , 20:02 AFP Kurdish fighters backed by US-led air strikes battled the Islamic State group for a key Syrian town Sunday, with one woman defender blowing herself up using the jihadists' own tactic.

Kurds battle for key Syria town, woman suicide bomber hits IS


Sunday, 5 October, 2014 , 18:05 AFP Kurdish fighters backed by US-led air strikes battled the Islamic State group for a key Syrian town Sunday, with one woman defender blowing herself up using the jihadists' own tactic.

Kurdish woman suicide bomber attacks IS in Syria: monitor


Sunday, 5 October, 2014 , 17:32 AFP A female Kurdish fighter carried out a suicide bomb attack against jihadists from the Islamic State group outside the embattled Syrian border town of Kobane on Sunday, a monitor said.

Kurds battle IS for key Syria town as fire spills over border


Sunday, 5 October, 2014 , 16:52 AFP Kurdish fighters backed by US-led air strikes battled Islamic State jihadists for control of a key Syrian town Sunday, while Turkey evacuated some border areas as mortar fire spilled over.

Kurds battle IS for key Syria town as fire spills over border


Sunday, 5 October, 2014 , 14:22 AFP Kurdish fighters backed by US-led air strikes battled Islamic State jihadists for control of a key Syrian town Sunday and Turkey evacuated some border areas as mortar fire spilled over.