Tuesday, 31 May, 2016 , 10:33 AFP — US-backed Kurdish-led fighters have seized ground from the Islamic State group in Syria, a monitor said Tuesday, as the jihadists come under attack in their Fallujah bastion in neighbouring Iraq.

Monday, 30 May, 2016 , 18:43 AFP — Iraqi forces thrust into Fallujah Monday, ushering a new urban phase in the week-old operation to retake the jihadist bastion that also raised concerns over the fate of trapped civilians.

Monday, 30 May, 2016 , 15:45 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish peshmerga forces wrapped up an operation east of the Islamic State group's northern hub of Mosul Monday after recapturing nine villages, a statement said.

Monday, 30 May, 2016 , 13:24 AFP — Residents on Monday cautiously returned to a war-ravaged town in Turkey's southeast after authorities partially lifted a more than two-month curfew following a major operation against Kurdish militants.

Monday, 30 May, 2016 , 10:25 AFP — Turkey is offering to "join forces" with Washington for a special operation inside Syria on condition it doesn't include a Syrian Kurdish militia blacklisted by Ankara but seen as an ally by the US, the foreign minister said.

Monday, 30 May, 2016 , 05:02 AFP — Turkey is offering to "join forces" with Washington for a special operation inside Syria on condition it doesn't include a Syrian Kurdish militia blacklisted by Ankara but seen as an ally by the US, the foreign minister said.

Sunday, 29 May, 2016 , 15:57 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish peshmerga forces on Sunday launched an offensive to retake areas east of Mosul, the Islamic State's main hub in the country, a statement said.

Sunday, 29 May, 2016 , 11:53 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish peshmerga forces on Sunday launched an offensive aimed at retaking areas east of Mosul, the Islamic State's main hub in the country, a statement said.

Saturday, 28 May, 2016 , 16:34 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday condemned the United States' support of Kurdish fighters in Syria after AFP pictures revealed US commandos wearing the insignia of a militia branded a terror group by Ankara.

Friday, 27 May, 2016 , 19:56 AFP — The United States scrambled Friday to avert a rift with its ally Turkey after AFP pictures revealed US commandos operating in Syria wearing the insignia of a Kurdish militia branded a terror group by Ankara.