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Syria air raids kill 20 Islamic State jihadists: monitor


Wednesday, 9 July, 2014 , 18:24 AFP Twenty members of the Islamic State (IS) were killed in Syrian air force raids Wednesday against the jihadists' bastion in Raqa, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Biden calls Iraqi Kurdish leader


Wednesday, 9 July, 2014 , 17:39 AFP US Vice President Joe Biden called Kurdish leader Massud Barzani on Wednesday, on a day when the autonomous region was accused by Iraq's leader of harbouring jihadists.

Iraq PM accuses Kurds of harbouring militants


Wednesday, 9 July, 2014 , 16:12 AFP Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday accused Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region of harbouring jihadists, further ratcheting up tensions despite calls for leaders to unite against a Sunni militant offensive.

Syria air raids kill 20 Islamic State jihadists: monitor


Wednesday, 9 July, 2014 , 14:30 AFP Twenty members of the Islamic State (IS) were killed in Syrian air force raids on Wednesday against the jihadists' bastion in Raqa, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Iraq PM accuses Kurds of harbouring militants


Wednesday, 9 July, 2014 , 12:54 AFP Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki Wednesday accused the country's autonomous Kurdish region of harbouring jihadists, further ratcheting up tension despite calls for Iraq's leaders to unite against a Sunni militant offensive.

Iraq PM accuses Kurds of hosting jihadists


Wednesday, 9 July, 2014 , 12:08 AFP Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday accused the northern autonomous Kurdish region of hosting jihadists spearheading an offensive that has overrun swathes of territory and sparked Iraq's worst crisis in years.

Iraq PM accuses Kurds of hosting jihadists


Wednesday, 9 July, 2014 , 11:38 AFP Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday accused the northern autonomous Kurdish region of hosting jihadists spearheading an offensive that has overrun swathes of territory and sparked Iraq's worst crisis in years.

Syrian Kurds demobilise 149 child soldiers: rights group


Tuesday, 8 July, 2014 , 20:40 AFP Syrian Kurdish forces have demobilised scores of child soldiers from their ranks over the past month, a Swiss group that works to save under-age fighters said Tuesday.

Sisi warns Iraqi Kurd secession would splinter Mideast


Monday, 7 July, 2014 , 09:50 AFP Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned the independence of Iraq's Kurdish region would be "catastrophic" and cause the Middle East to splinter along ethnic and religious lines, newspapers reported Monday.

Iraq Kurd secession bid faces major obstacles: experts


Monday, 7 July, 2014 , 01:47 AFP Iraq's Kurds would face enormous challenges if they were to secede, but the threat of an independence vote amid chaos nationwide could squeeze concessions from the federal government, experts say.