Thursday, 28 August, 2014 , 08:01 AFP — Briyar Kamal, a 24-year-old Kurdish student, achieved good marks at university, but instead of relaxing during his summer holiday he is fighting jihadists who have overrun swathes of Iraq.

Wednesday, 27 August, 2014 , 08:40 AFP — Iraqi warplanes have begun targeting jihadists besieging the Shiite Turkmen town of Amerli amid growing fears for the safety of thousands of residents short of food and water and facing a "massacre".

Wednesday, 27 August, 2014 , 02:00 AFP — Only the scattered voices of Kurdish fighters break the silence in the Iraqi village of Wadi Osaj, where the mud and cement block houses stand empty and locked after residents fled.

Tuesday, 26 August, 2014 , 19:09 AFP — Seven western governments in addition to the United States have pledged to provide weapons and ammunition to Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 26 August, 2014 , 18:31 AFP — Seven European governments have pledged to provide weapons and ammunition to Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 26 August, 2014 , 18:14 AFP —

Tuesday, 26 August, 2014 , 12:45 AFP — Iran was the first country to provide Iraq's embattled autonomous Kurdish region with weapons to fight off jihadist-led militants, president Massud Barzani said on Tuesday.

Tuesday, 26 August, 2014 , 11:33 AFP — Iran was the first country to provide Iraq's embattled autonomous Kurdish region with weapons to fight off jihadist-led militants, president Massud Barzani said on Tuesday.

Monday, 25 August, 2014 , 16:35 AFP — Kurdish militants abducted three Chinese workers in Turkey's southeast after the rebels attacked the thermal energy plant where they work, state media said Monday.

Monday, 25 August, 2014 , 11:53 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish forces backed by air power retook three villages from jihadist militants northeast of Baghdad on Monday and also held off two assaults elsewhere, officials said.