Friday, 3 October, 2014 , 11:49 AFP — Turkey will do whatever it can to prevent the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane falling to jihadists, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said after the Turkish parliament gave the green light for military action.
Friday, 3 October, 2014 , 11:11 AFP — Kurdish militia mounted a desperate defence Friday of a Syrian border town as neighbouring Turkey vowed to do its utmost to stop the strategic prize falling to the Islamic State group.
Friday, 3 October, 2014 , 08:44 AFP — Turkey will do whatever it can to prevent the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane falling to jihadists, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said after the Turkish parliament gave the green light for military action.
Thursday, 2 October, 2014 , 10:52 AFP — Nearly all residents of the embattled Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane and surrounding area have fled an advance by Islamic State group jihadists, a monitor said Thursday.
Thursday, 2 October, 2014 , 10:32 AFP — Islamic State fighters were at the gates Thursday of a key Kurdish town on the Syrian border with Turkey, whose parliament was set to vote on authorising military intervention against the jihadists.
Thursday, 2 October, 2014 , 08:26 AFP — The jailed leader of Turkey's outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has waged a 30-year insurgency for self-rule, warned on Thursday the peace process could collapse if Islamic State militants seize a key Syrian border town.
Wednesday, 1 October, 2014 , 22:01 AFP — Islamic State (IS) group fighters have advanced further towards the Syrian Kurdish town of Ain al-Arab, a monitoring group warned early Thursday, as local fighters retreated from one of the area's fronts.
Wednesday, 1 October, 2014 , 21:33 AFP — US-led forces carried out at least five air strikes on Wednesday against Islamic State group fighters attacking the Syrian Kurdish town of Ain al-Arab, a monitoring group said.
Wednesday, 1 October, 2014 , 19:04 AFP — Iraq's foreign minister said Wednesday that foreign assistance in the fight against the Islamic State jihadist group should respect the country's sovereignty.
Wednesday, 1 October, 2014 , 13:59 AFP — US-led forces carried out at least five air strikes on Wednesday against Islamic State group fighters attacking the Syrian Kurdish town of Ain al-Arab, a monitoring group said.
