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Kurd troops attack Iraq jihadists on three fronts: officers


Tuesday, 30 September, 2014 , 07:50 AFP Kurdish troops launched offensives against the Islamic State jihadist group on three fronts in northern Iraq on Tuesday, senior officers told AFP.

Kurd troops attack Iraq jihadists on three fronts: officers


Tuesday, 30 September, 2014 , 07:12 AFP Kurdish troops launched offensives against the Islamic State jihadist group on three fronts in northern Iraq on Tuesday, senior officers told AFP.

Kurd troops attack Iraq jihadists on three fronts: officers


Tuesday, 30 September, 2014 , 07:02 AFP

IS jihadists within 5 km of key Syria border town: monitor


Monday, 29 September, 2014 , 14:05 AFP Islamic State jihadists advanced Monday to within five kilometres (three miles) of the key Kurdish town of Ain al-Arab on Syria's border with Turkey, a monitor said.

IS jihadists within 5 km of key Syria border town: monitor


Monday, 29 September, 2014 , 13:27 AFP Islamic State jihadists advanced Monday to within five kilometres (three miles) of the key Kurdish town of Ain al-Arab on Syria's border with Turkey, a monitor said.

US-led raids hit jihadist oil, command posts in Syria


Sunday, 28 September, 2014 , 17:59 AFP US-led coalition warplanes on Sunday kept up their strikes against oil sites in Syria that fund the Islamic State group, as well as targeting the jihadists' command structure.

Kurdish fighters begin weapons training in Germany


Sunday, 28 September, 2014 , 15:13 AFP The German military has begun training 32 Kurdish fighters from northern Iraq at an army school in Bavaria on handling weaponry provided by Berlin to support their battle against Islamic State jihadists, officials said Sunday.

IS rockets hit besieged Syrian Kurdish town for first time


Saturday, 27 September, 2014 , 17:13 AFP Rocket fire by jihadists from the Islamic State group hit the besieged Syrian Kurdish town of Ain al-Arab on Saturday for the first time, wounding 12 people, a monitor said.

Kurdish militants claim deadly ambush in Turkey's southeast


Saturday, 27 September, 2014 , 16:13 AFP Three Turkish police were killed after an ambush in Turkey's overwhelmingly Kurdish southeast, in an attack claimed Saturday by armed Kurdish militants despite a one-and-a-half-year ceasefire.

US-led strikes hit jihadists attacking Syria Kurd town: NGO


Saturday, 27 September, 2014 , 11:40 AFP The US-led coalition hit Islamic State group targets around a Syrian town on the Turkish border Saturday where tens of thousands have fled a jihadist assault, a monitoring group said.