Thursday, 7 August, 2014 , 10:25 AFP — Kurdish peshmerga forces protecting the Mosul dam, said to be Iraq's largest, repelled a jihadist attack on Thursday, a spokesman said.
Thursday, 7 August, 2014 , 07:58 AFP — Jihadists took over Iraq's largest Christian town Qaraqosh and surrounding areas on Thursday and sent tens of thousands of panicked residents fleeing towards autonomous Kurdistan, officials and witnesses said.
Thursday, 7 August, 2014 , 07:39 AFP — The jihadist takeover of a large area of northern Iraq, home to much of its Christian population, forced tens of thousands of people to flee Thursday, a top Christian cleric said.
Thursday, 7 August, 2014 , 07:22 AFP — Jihadist militants took over Qaraqosh, Iraq's largest Christian town, and surrounding areas when Kurdish troops withdrew overnight, fleeing residents and Christian clerics said on Thursday.
Thursday, 7 August, 2014 , 03:27 AFP — With a youthful and dynamic candidate, Turkey's main Kurdish political force is seeking to broaden its appeal in presidential polls where the votes of the Kurdish minority are set to play a crucial role.
Wednesday, 6 August, 2014 , 20:08 AFP — Kurds from Iraq, Syria and Turkey joined forces in north Iraq Wednesday to try to reclaim areas lost to jihadists and rescue thousands of civilians stranded in mountains without food or water.
Wednesday, 6 August, 2014 , 15:23 AFP — Kurdish fighters from Iraq, Syria and Turkey joined forces in northern Iraq Wednesday in bid to reclaim areas lost to jihadists and rescue thousands of civilians stranded without food or water in nearby mountains.
Wednesday, 6 August, 2014 , 11:42 AFP — Kurdish fighters from Iraq, Syria and Turkey were coordinating operations in northern Iraq Wednesday to reclaim areas lost to jihadists and rescue thousands of civilians stranded in nearby mountains.
Wednesday, 6 August, 2014 , 11:16 AFP — Kurdish troops battling jihadists in the northern Iraqi area of Sinjar will need days to open a safe passage for civilians stranded in nearby mountains, a top Kurdish Iraqi official said Wednesday.
Wednesday, 6 August, 2014 , 10:17 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish peshmerga forces are coordinating a counter-offensive against jihadists around the Iraqi city of Mosul with Kurdish fighters from Syria and Turkey, a political leader said on Wednesday.
