Thursday, 18 September, 2014 , 15:17 AFP — Jihadists of the Islamic State group were closing in on a strategic Syrian town near the Turkish border on Thursday, expelling Kurdish fighters from surrounding villages, a monitoring group said.

Thursday, 18 September, 2014 , 12:47 AFP — Jihadists from the Islamic State group using heavy weapons have seized a string of villages around Ain al-Arab as they close in on Syria's third largest Kurdish town, a monitor said Thursday.

Thursday, 18 September, 2014 , 10:15 AFP — Jihadists from the Islamic State group using heavy weapons have seized a string of villages around Ain al-Arab as they close in on Syria's third largest Kurdish town, a monitor said Thursday.

Wednesday, 17 September, 2014 , 18:23 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish peshmerga forces are not yet ready to wrest the city of Mosul back from the jihadist fighters who captured it on June 10, a top leader said Wednesday.

Tuesday, 16 September, 2014 , 20:03 AFP — The United States plans to strike the Islamic State group in its Syrian strongholds and could yet send military advisors into combat alongside Iraqi troops, American commanders said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 16 September, 2014 , 17:01 AFP — Kurdish peshmerga forces on Tuesday recaptured seven Christian villages in northern Iraq in clashes with Islamic State (IS) jihadists, an officer and a cleric said.

Tuesday, 16 September, 2014 , 14:17 AFP — Kurdish peshmerga forces on Tuesday recaptured several Christian villages in northern Iraq in clashes with Islamic State (IS) jihadists, an officer and a cleric said.

Sunday, 14 September, 2014 , 13:18 AFP — Shelling killed 19 civilians on Sunday as Syria's Kurds fought a fierce battle against jihadists from the Islamic State (IS) in the northeastern province of Hasakeh, a monitoring group said.

Saturday, 13 September, 2014 , 19:12 AFP — Berlin is preparing to send around 40 soldiers to northern Iraq to train Kurdish fighters battling against militants from the Islamic State, the German army said on Saturday.

Saturday, 13 September, 2014 , 03:45 AFP — Tekoshin stands on a mountain in north Iraq with a rifle slung over her shoulder and a grenade tucked into her belt, facing jihadists in "a struggle to liberate women".