Wednesday, 8 October, 2014 , 15:46 AFP — Street clashes pitting Kurds against radical Muslims left 23 people wounded in Germany, police said Wednesday amid fears that fighting in Syria and Iraq could further inflame passions.

Wednesday, 8 October, 2014 , 15:42 AFP — US and coalition warplanes kept up bombing raids on Islamic State jihadists near the Syrian border town of Kobane on Wednesday, as America's top military officer acknowledged difficulties in tracking the militants from the air.

Wednesday, 8 October, 2014 , 15:36 AFP — Turkey detained dozens of Kurds who crossed the border from the besieged Syrian town of Kobane on suspicion of links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), officials said on Wednesday.

Wednesday, 8 October, 2014 , 14:18 AFP — Turkey's military on Wednesday imposed a curfew in parts of the southeast after at least 18 people were killed in pro-Kurdish protests over the government's failure to act against jihadists attacking the Syrian border city of Kobane.

Wednesday, 8 October, 2014 , 14:18 AFP — US and coalition aircraft kept up bombing raids on Islamic State jihadists near Kobane on Wednesday, carrying out six attacks to help Kurdish fighters defending the Syrian border town, the US military said.

Wednesday, 8 October, 2014 , 13:40 AFP — The Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) defending the Syrian border town of Kobane from Islamic State group jihadists is the de facto army of Syria's Kurdish region.

Wednesday, 8 October, 2014 , 11:48 AFP — Turkey detained dozens of Kurds who crossed the border from the besieged Syrian town of Kobane on suspicion of having links with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), officials said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 8 October, 2014 , 11:06 AFP — At least 14 people were killed as pro-Kurdish protests raged across Turkey Wednesday over the government's failure to act against jihadists attacking the majority-Kurdish Syrian border city of Kobane.

Wednesday, 8 October, 2014 , 11:03 AFP — Violent street clashes pitting hundreds of Kurds and Yazidis against radical Muslims in Germany left at least 23 people wounded overnight in two northern cities, police said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 8 October, 2014 , 10:54 AFP — Three months ago, Karwan Baban said goodbye to Germany and drove his minibus to his native Kurdistan to join the peshmerga battling Islamic State jihadists.