Tuesday, 24 May, 2016 , 15:16 AFP — A US-backed alliance of Kurdish-Arab fighters has started to clear Islamic State fighters from the area north of Raqa, the jihadists' de facto capital, a US official confirmed Tuesday.

Tuesday, 24 May, 2016 , 15:04 AFP —

Tuesday, 24 May, 2016 , 14:04 AFP — A Kurdish-Arab alliance on Tuesday announced the launch of a major assault against the Islamic State group north of the jihadists' Syrian bastion of Raqa.

Tuesday, 24 May, 2016 , 14:04 AFP — Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday said Moscow was ready to coordinate with a Kurdish-Arab alliance and the US-led coalition in an assault on the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion of Raqa.

Tuesday, 24 May, 2016 , 13:10 AFP —

Monday, 23 May, 2016 , 21:22 AFP — Syrian Kurds, who in March unilaterally proclaimed the creation of a federal region in northern Syria, on Monday opened a representative office in central Paris with several celebrities attending the launch.

Sunday, 22 May, 2016 , 10:19 AFP — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said some political developments in Turkey were a source of "great concern" and pledged to address them during a visit to the country on Monday.

Sunday, 22 May, 2016 , 08:48 AFP — Bombings suspected to have been carried out by the Islamic State group killed at least eight people in northeastern Syria hours after a top US commander visited, security forces said Sunday.

Friday, 20 May, 2016 , 16:57 AFP — A Kurdish cameraman who nearly lost his arm shooting a film by French celebrity philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy about the Kurds' battle against the Islamic State group was cheered Friday at the Cannes film festival.

Friday, 20 May, 2016 , 16:41 AFP — Turkey's parliament on Friday adopted a highly controversial bill that would lift immunity for dozens of pro-Kurdish and other MPs and could see them evicted from parliament, sparking fresh domestic and international concern.