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


Wednesday, 1 October, 2014 , 12:01 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.

Backed by strikes, Kurds battle to defend key Syria town


Wednesday, 1 October, 2014 , 11:15 AFP Kurdish fighters backed by US-led coalition air strikes were locked in a fierce battle on Wednesday to prevent a key Syrian border town from falling into the hands of jihadists.

Turkish Kurds uneasily watch fight for besieged Syrian town


Wednesday, 1 October, 2014 , 10:27 AFP Sitting on a hill just a few kilometres from the clashes between Islamic State insurgents and Kurdish militia, a group of Turkish Kurds have found the ideal vantage point to follow the deadly fighting in the distance.

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