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