Sunday, 24 August, 2014 , 18:27 AFP — Iraq called Sunday for global support for its fight against jihadists, as Shiite neighbour Iran said it was helping Baghdad resist the militants but not with soldiers on the ground.

Sunday, 24 August, 2014 , 11:58 AFP — Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Sunday that the killing of US journalist James Foley by a man speaking with an English accent was an "utter betrayal of our country".

Saturday, 23 August, 2014 , 01:37 AFP — Families who once fled a Turkish crackdown on Kurdish rebels in the 1990s now languish in a mosque in northern Iraq after escaping from brutal jihadists, longing to return home.

Friday, 22 August, 2014 , 11:44 AFP — About 700,000 Iraqis have gathered in the Kurdish north after being driven from their homes by jihadist fighters, the United Nations said Friday as it stepped up a massive aid operation to the region.

Friday, 22 August, 2014 , 11:23 AFP — About 700,000 Iraqis have gathered in the Kurdish north after being driven from their homes by jihadist fighters, the United Nations said Friday as it stepped up a massive aid operation to the region.

Friday, 22 August, 2014 , 08:07 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish peshmerga forces on Friday launched an operation to retake the flashpoint town of Jalawla from Islamic State jihadist fighters, Kurdish officials said.

Thursday, 21 August, 2014 , 15:45 AFP — The Netherlands is to send 1,000 flak jackets and helmets to Iraqi Kurds to help with their fight against the Islamic State, the Dutch government said on Thursday.

Thursday, 21 August, 2014 , 14:11 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish forces, which have been thrust into the vanguard of the battle against jihadists, fared well maintaining security in their autonomous region but face a daunting task fighting the militants.

Thursday, 21 August, 2014 , 10:58 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish forces battling jihadists face their biggest threat since brutal crackdowns by Saddam Hussein's regime, beset by challenges including lacking experience, training and supplies and a huge front to defend.

Wednesday, 20 August, 2014 , 18:20 AFP — Syrian troops battled Wednesday to hold onto their last stronghold in the northern province of Raqa, under fierce attack from Islamic State jihadists, a monitoring group said.