Sunday, 5 October, 2014 , 14:09 AFP — Islamic State (IS) militants are just one kilometre from the Syrian town of Kobane and air strikes are not enough on their own to stop them, a Syrian Kurdish official said on Sunday.

Sunday, 5 October, 2014 , 12:46 AFP — The blasts over the Syrian town of Kobane as Kurdish fighters battle Islamic State (IS) jihadists can be clearly seen and felt the short distance away over the Turkish border.

Sunday, 5 October, 2014 , 12:16 AFP — The leader of the main Syrian Kurdish political party is in Turkey for secret talks with intelligence officials as the battle rages with jihadists for the Syrian town of Kobane, Turkish media said Sunday.

Sunday, 5 October, 2014 , 01:20 AFP — At a Kurdish-run refugee camp in Iraq, strict checks are being imposed to weed out "good" Sunni Arab families from "bad" ones suspected of links to the Islamic State group.

Saturday, 4 October, 2014 , 15:14 AFP — Kurdish fighters supported by US-led air strikes held back jihadists attacking a Syrian border town Saturday, following an international outcry at the murder of a British hostage by the Islamic State group.

Saturday, 4 October, 2014 , 10:54 AFP — The US-led coalition has carried out new air strikes against jihadists from the Islamic State group outside a key Syrian Kurdish border town, activists and a monitor said Saturday.

Saturday, 4 October, 2014 , 08:46 AFP — A US-led coalition has carried out new air strikes against Islamic State group jihadists laying siege to a key Kurdish town on the Syrian-Turkish border, where fighting raged on Saturday.

Saturday, 4 October, 2014 , 07:37 AFP — A US-led coalition has carried out new air strikes against jihadists from the Islamic State group outside a key Syrian Kurdish border town, activists and a monitor said Saturday.

Saturday, 4 October, 2014 , 03:51 AFP — Islamic State jihadists mounted brutal offensives on both the Syrian battlefield and in their online propaganda war Friday, murdering a British hostage and attempting to storm a key border town.

Saturday, 4 October, 2014 , 01:42 AFP — The United States is facing the limits of air power in the Syria border town of Kobane, where Islamic State jihadists are steadily closing in on Kurdish fighters despite a series of US bombing raids.