Tuesday, 23 June, 2015 , 02:34 AFP — Syrian Kurdish fighters have chased Islamic State militants from a key base north of the jihadists' stronghold city of Raqa, according to a monitoring group.

Monday, 22 June, 2015 , 22:37 AFP — Syrian Kurdish fighters have chased Islamic State militants from a key base north of the jihadists' stronghold city of Raqa, according to a monitoring group.

Monday, 22 June, 2015 , 22:03 AFP — Syrian Kurdish fighters chased Islamic State militants Monday from a key base north of the jihadists' stronghold city of Raqa, according to a monitoring group.

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Sunday, 21 June, 2015 , 10:42 AFP — One person was killed and three wounded on Sunday in a suicide bomb attack on the Kurdish city of Qamishli in northeastern Syria, the official news agency SANA reported.

Friday, 19 June, 2015 , 03:36 AFP — Kurdish fighters in Iraq and Syria have emerged as some of the most effective forces battling the Islamic State jihadist group in the year since IS declared a cross-border "caliphate".

Thursday, 18 June, 2015 , 16:04 AFP — As the Syrian town of Tal Abyad taken by Kurds from Islamic State (IS) militants this week looms in the distance, one question troubles the Turkish residents on the other side.

Wednesday, 17 June, 2015 , 15:10 AFP — Syrian refugees in Turkey began returning to their homes in Tal Abyad Wednesday after Kurdish forces seized the border town in a major blow to the Islamic State group.

Wednesday, 17 June, 2015 , 14:58 AFP — They acknowledge the risk of further violence, fear jihadists could seek to retake their home town and worry their possessions have been destroyed.

Wednesday, 17 June, 2015 , 13:18 AFP — Syrian refugees in Turkey began returning to their homes in Tal Abyad on Wednesday after Kurdish forces seized the border town in a major blow to the Islamic State group.