Friday, 13 November, 2015 , 09:41 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish forces entered Sinjar Friday in a major operation backed by US-led strikes to retake the town made infamous by the Islamic State group's massacre of members of the Yazidi minority.

Friday, 13 November, 2015 , 08:24 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish forces entered Sinjar on Friday in a major operation to retake the northern town from the Islamic State jihadist group, an AFP journalist reported.

Friday, 13 November, 2015 , 07:11 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish forces backed by US-led air strikes and ground spotters were Friday preparing to move into Sinjar in a major operation to retake the town from the Islamic State group, officials said.

Friday, 13 November, 2015 , 03:32 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish forces backed by US-led air strikes blocked a key Islamic State group supply line with Syria Thursday as they fought to retake the town of Sinjar from the jihadists.

Thursday, 12 November, 2015 , 22:12 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish forces backed by US-led air strikes blocked a key Islamic State group supply line with Syria Thursday as they fought to retake the town of Sinjar from the jihadists.

Thursday, 12 November, 2015 , 21:29 AFP — US troops advising Kurdish forces on their offensive in northern Iraq are close enough to the front to identify Islamic State group targets and call in air strikes, the Pentagon said Thursday.

Thursday, 12 November, 2015 , 19:18 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish forces backed by US-led air strikes blocked a key Islamic State group supply line with Syria Thursday as they fought to retake the town of Sinjar from the jihadists.

Thursday, 12 November, 2015 , 17:00 AFP — Clashes between Iraqi Kurdish and Shiite fighters north of Baghdad killed seven people Thursday, an official said, illustrating major fault lines between ostensible allies against the Islamic State jihadist group.

Thursday, 12 November, 2015 , 16:23 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish forces backed by US-led strikes blocked a key Islamic State group supply line with Syria Thursday as they fought to retake the town of Sinjar from the jihadists.

Thursday, 12 November, 2015 , 13:44 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish forces backed by US-led strikes blocked a key Islamic State group supply line with Syria Thursday as they battled to retake the town of Sinjar from the jihadists.