Monday, 22 September, 2014 , 16:13 AFP — Kurds, who are fleeing Syria in their tens of thousands from a jihadist onslaught, are a people of Indo-European origin. Spread across four states, they number between 25 and 35 million.

Monday, 22 September, 2014 , 15:35 AFP — Kurdish militia fought to defend a key border town in northern Syria on Monday after 130,000 terrified residents fled to Turkey to escape an advance by Islamic State fighters.

Monday, 22 September, 2014 , 14:51 AFP — Osmane Sero has been at it since dawn, pacing back and forth in front of a line of Turkish police by the border with Syria.

Monday, 22 September, 2014 , 11:51 AFP — Turkey said Monday that some 130,000 people had flooded across its border from Syria as Kurdish fighters battled Islamic State group jihadists trying to capture a strategic town.

Monday, 22 September, 2014 , 10:23 AFP — More than 130,000 Syrian Kurds have fled across the border into Turkey, escaping an advance by Islamic State jihadists, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday.

Monday, 22 September, 2014 , 09:27 AFP — More than 130,000 Syrian Kurds have fled across the border into Turkey, escaping an advance by Islamic State jihadists, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday.

Monday, 22 September, 2014 , 08:21 AFP — More than 130,000 Syrian Kurds have fled across the border into Turkey, escaping an advance by Islamic State jihadists, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday.

Monday, 22 September, 2014 , 07:50 AFP — More than 130,000 Syrian Kurds have fled across the border into Turkey, escaping an advance by Islamic State jihadists, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday.

Monday, 22 September, 2014 , 07:41 AFP —

Monday, 22 September, 2014 , 07:29 AFP — More than 100,000 Syrian Kurds have fled into Turkey over the past few days, escaping advancing Islamic State jihadists who seized dozens of villages near a strategic border town, officials said Monday.