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Backed by strikes, Kurds battle to defend key Syria town


Wednesday, 1 October, 2014 , 09:11 AFP — Kurdish fighters backed by US-led coalition air strikes were locked in a fierce battle Wednesday to prevent a key Syrian border town from falling into the hands of jihadists.

US-led strikes on IS outside Syria's Ain al-Arab: monitor


Wednesday, 1 October, 2014 , 09:00 AFP — US-led forces carried out at least five air strikes on Wednesday against Islamic State group fighters outside the embattled Syrian Kurdish town of Ain al-Arab, a monitoring group said.

10 dead as Kurds battle IS for Syria border town: monitor


Wednesday, 1 October, 2014 , 08:09 AFP — Fierce fighting between Kurdish militia and Islamic State jihadists for a strategic Syrian border town killed at least 10 people overnight, a monitoring group said on Wednesday.

Iraqi Kurds look to sky for breakthrough against IS


Wednesday, 1 October, 2014 , 02:04 AFP — A truck lies stranded on its side in a no man's land between Kurdish fighters and jihadists ensconced behind minefields, a stalemate the Kurds hope US-led air strikes can break.

Kurd troops attack Iraq jihadists on three fronts


Tuesday, 30 September, 2014 , 19:15 AFP — Kurdish troops backed by warplanes battled the Islamic State group on three fronts in northern Iraq Tuesday, clawing back land lost to the jihadists in recent months.

Booby-trapped jihadist flag kills three Iraqi police


Tuesday, 30 September, 2014 , 17:16 AFP — Three Iraqi policemen were killed Tuesday when one of them tried to remove a black flag that Islamic State jihadist fighters had booby-trapped south of Kirkuk, police said.

IS group frees 70 kidnapped Kurdish students in Syria: monitor


Tuesday, 30 September, 2014 , 15:56 AFP —

US-led strikes hit jihadists closing on Syria border town


Tuesday, 30 September, 2014 , 12:24 AFP — US-led strikes hit Islamic State group fighters closing on a key town on Syria's border with Turkey as Ankara prepared to request parliamentary authorisation Tuesday to join the coalition.

Kurd troops attack Iraq jihadists on three fronts


Tuesday, 30 September, 2014 , 12:02 AFP — Kurdish troops backed by warplanes battled the Islamic State group on three fronts in northern Iraq on Tuesday, clawing back land they lost to the jihadists in recent months.

Turkish Kurd leader visits besieged Syrian town, urges action


Tuesday, 30 September, 2014 , 11:38 AFP — One of the leaders of a Turkish pro-Kurdish party on Tuesday crossed the border to visit the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab which has been besieged by IS militants, calling for urgent action by Turkey against the jihadists.