Tuesday, 30 September, 2014 , 12:24 AFP — US-led strikes hit Islamic State group fighters closing on a key town on Syria's border with Turkey as Ankara prepared to request parliamentary authorisation Tuesday to join the coalition.

Tuesday, 30 September, 2014 , 12:02 AFP — Kurdish troops backed by warplanes battled the Islamic State group on three fronts in northern Iraq on Tuesday, clawing back land they lost to the jihadists in recent months.

Tuesday, 30 September, 2014 , 11:38 AFP — One of the leaders of a Turkish pro-Kurdish party on Tuesday crossed the border to visit the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab which has been besieged by IS militants, calling for urgent action by Turkey against the jihadists.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.