Wednesday, 6 August, 2014 , 09:27 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.
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Tuesday, 5 August, 2014 , 15:57 AFP — The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which for years waged a deadly insurgency against Turkish authorities, called on all Kurdish armed groups Tuesday to unite against radical Islamist militants who have seized swathes of northern Iraq.
Tuesday, 5 August, 2014 , 13:51 AFP — The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which for years waged a deadly insurgency against Turkish authorities, called on all Kurdish armed groups Tuesday to unite against radical Islamist militants who have seized swathes of northern Iraq.
Monday, 4 August, 2014 , 16:38 AFP — Baghdad's air force and Kurdish fighters from Syria joined forces with Iraq's embattled peshmerga Monday to push back jihadists whose latest attacks sent thousands of civilians running for their lives.
Monday, 4 August, 2014 , 15:46 AFP — It was nearly the perfect heist. In June, Iraq's Kurds snuck in behind retreating government troops to grab long-coveted land and watched from their new borders as Baghdad and jihadists fought over the rump state.
Monday, 4 August, 2014 , 12:10 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday ordered the airforce to provide support to Kurdish peshmerga forces battling jihadists in the north of the country, army spokesman Qassem Atta said.
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Monday, 4 August, 2014 , 11:01 AFP — Kurdish fighters from Syria have crossed the border to help Iraq's Kurds battle jihadists who took over several towns over the weekend, the group itself and a military source said Monday.
Monday, 4 August, 2014 , 08:30 AFP — The Islamic State group warned Monday it would seek to further expand into autonomous Kurdish territory after claiming key towns and areas over the past 48 hours.
