Sunday, 13 November, 2016 , 11:29 AFP — Syrian rebels backed by Turkish forces are two kilometres (just over a mile) from the Islamic State group stronghold of Al-Bab as they press Ankara's Operation Euphrates Shield, a monitor said Sunday.

Sunday, 13 November, 2016 , 10:09 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish forces have demolished Arab homes and buildings and in some cases entire villages in disputed areas in the country's north, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday.

Saturday, 12 November, 2016 , 16:07 AFP — About 25,000 Kurds and Alevis rallied in the German city of Cologne on Saturday against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after the arrest of pro-Kurdish politicians earlier this month, the DPA news agency reported.

Friday, 11 November, 2016 , 16:26 AFP — A bomb blast in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast has killed a local government official and wounded at least two other people, authorities said Friday.

Friday, 11 November, 2016 , 11:57 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish forces are building a berm near Mosul, a line in the sand that may mark a boundary of territory they aim to keep after recapturing it from jihadists.

Friday, 11 November, 2016 , 10:56 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish fighters are building a berm in the desert near Mosul that could demarcate a boundary of the state they hope to establish after the Islamic State group is defeated.

Friday, 11 November, 2016 , 09:43 AFP — A bomb blast in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast has killed a local government official and wounded at least two other people, authorities said Friday.

Thursday, 10 November, 2016 , 12:08 AFP — Headed for the front line near Syria's Raqa, 23-year-old Kurdish fighter Kaziwar has just one thought on her mind: to make her jihadist foes pay for their treatment of women.

Wednesday, 9 November, 2016 , 06:21 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish forces have seized the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from the Islamic State group, an official said Tuesday, as US-backed militia forces advanced on the jihadists' Syrian stronghold Raqa.

Tuesday, 8 November, 2016 , 19:32 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish forces have seized the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from the Islamic State group, an official said Tuesday, as US-backed militia forces advanced on the jihadists' Syrian stronghold Raqa.