Monday, 22 September, 2014 , 06:08 AFP —

Monday, 22 September, 2014 , 05:53 AFP — Some 100,000 Syrian Kurds have crossed the border into Turkey over the past few days, fleeing an advance by Islamic State jihadists who have seized dozens of villages near a strategic border town, the UN said on Monday.

Sunday, 21 September, 2014 , 17:33 AFP — They look like mere shadows under the trees, but then the red dust clears and the huddled shapes reveal themselves as a handful of the tens of thousands of Kurds fleeing the Islamic State group in Syria.

Sunday, 21 September, 2014 , 17:29 AFP — Turkish security forces used tear gas and water cannon Sunday to disperse Kurds demonstrating in support of Kurdish refugees fleeing a jihadist offensive across the border in Syria.

Sunday, 21 September, 2014 , 12:56 AFP — Turkish security forces used tear gas and water cannon Sunday to disperse a Kurdish demonstration of support for fellow Kurds who fled a jihadist offensive across the border in Syria.

Sunday, 21 September, 2014 , 08:58 AFP — As many as 70,000 Syrian Kurds have poured into Turkey since Friday fleeing an offensive by Islamic State jihadists in northeastern Syria, the UN's refugee agency said Sunday.

Sunday, 21 September, 2014 , 07:37 AFP — As many as 70,000 Syrian Kurds have poured into Turkey since Friday fleeing an offensive by Islamic State jihadists in northeastern Syria, the UN's refugee agency said Sunday.

Sunday, 21 September, 2014 , 07:20 AFP —

Sunday, 21 September, 2014 , 07:01 AFP — Islamic State jihadists were closing in on Syria's third largest Kurdish town Sunday after their capture of surrounding villages sent tens of thousands of refugees streaming into Turkey, a monitoring group said.

Sunday, 21 September, 2014 , 01:26 AFP — Tens of thousands of Syrian Kurds flooded into Turkey on Saturday, fleeing an onslaught by the jihadist Islamic State group that prompted an appeal for international intervention.