Monday, 7 November, 2016 , 10:26 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish forces on Monday launched an assault on a jihadist-held town near the northern city of Mosul, close to the site of a controversial Turkish military deployment, a commander said.
Monday, 7 November, 2016 , 10:16 AFP — The authorities of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Monday handed over a Japanese national detained last month on suspicion of ties to the Islamic State jihadist group.
Sunday, 6 November, 2016 , 20:28 AFP — For Shawakh Gharib, it's time to take revenge. With the start of the offensive to conquer Raqa, the Syrian fighter believes his dream of going home will soon come true.
Sunday, 6 November, 2016 , 15:20 AFP — Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party on Sunday said it was pulling out of parliament after nine of its MPs including the two co-leaders were arrested in an unprecedented crackdown.
Sunday, 6 November, 2016 , 13:41 AFP — The top US general Joseph Dunford on Sunday made a previously unannounced visit to Ankara for talks with his Turkish counterpart, the army said, as Kurdish-Arab forces launched an operation to capture the jihadist bastion of Raqa in Syria.
Sunday, 6 November, 2016 , 13:35 AFP — A Kurdish militant group that has carried out a string of attacks in Turkey this year on Sunday claimed a bombing on the southeastern city of Diyarbakir that killed 11.
Sunday, 6 November, 2016 , 13:22 AFP — Top US general Joseph Dunford on Sunday made a previously unannounced visit to Ankara for talks with his Turkish counterpart, the army said, as Kurdish-Arab forces launched an operation to capture the jihadist bastion of Raqa in Syria.
Sunday, 6 November, 2016 , 11:40 AFP — Washington has agreed that Turkey will play no role in the battle to capture the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion Raqa, the spokesman for the Kurdish-Arab force leading the fight said Sunday.
Sunday, 6 November, 2016 , 11:15 AFP — A Kurdish militant group that has carried out a string of attacks in Turkey this year on Sunday claimed a bombing on the southeastern city of Diyarbakir that killed 11, a report said.
Sunday, 6 November, 2016 , 11:10 AFP — A US-backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters said Sunday it had began a long-awaited operation to capture the Islamic State group's de facto Syrian capital Raqa.
