Friday, 19 September, 2014 , 10:57 AFP — Turkey on Friday opened up its border to thousands of Syrian Kurds fleeing clashes with Islamic State (IS) insurgents in neighbouring Syria, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said.
Friday, 19 September, 2014 , 10:32 AFP — Turkey on Friday opened up its border to Syrian Kurds fleeing clashes with Islamic State (IS) insurgents in neighbouring Syria, local media reported.
Friday, 19 September, 2014 , 09:58 AFP — Turkish police and troops fired tear gas and water cannon on Friday at scores of people staging a protest near the Syrian border at Ankara's refusal to take in Kurds fleeing clashes with Islamic State (IS) jihadists, local media reported.
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.
