Thursday, 25 June, 2015 , 09:54 AFP — A second Islamic State group suicide bomber hit the Syrian border town of Kobane on Thursday, hours after the jihadists reentered the symbolic Kurdish town, a monitoring group said.

Thursday, 25 June, 2015 , 09:27 AFP — Turkey on Thursday denied "baseless" claims that Islamic State (IS) militants reentered the Syrian town of Kobane through the Turkish border crossing to detonate a suicide bomb.

Thursday, 25 June, 2015 , 09:16 AFP — Islamic State group fighters executed at least 20 Syrian Kurds, among them women and children, in a village south of the border town of Kobane on Thursday, a monitor said.

Thursday, 25 June, 2015 , 09:08 AFP —

Thursday, 25 June, 2015 , 08:52 AFP — Turkey on Thursday denied "baseless" claims that Islamic State (IS) militants reentered the Syrian town of Kobane through the Turkish border crossing to detonate a suicide bomb.

Thursday, 25 June, 2015 , 05:58 AFP — Islamic State group fighters reentered the Syrian Kurdish battleground town of Kobane on Thursday, detonating a suicide bomb and battling Kurdish forces, a monitoring group said.

Thursday, 25 June, 2015 , 05:34 AFP —

Thursday, 25 June, 2015 , 05:28 AFP — Islamic State group fighters entered the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakeh overnight, seizing two neighbourhoods from government forces in heavy clashes, a monitoring group said on Thursday.

Tuesday, 23 June, 2015 , 19:28 AFP — Syrian Kurds and allied rebels advanced against the Islamic State group on Tuesday, capturing a strategic town a day after seizing a base from the jihadists near their Raqa bastion.

Tuesday, 23 June, 2015 , 16:29 AFP — The Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), which have claimed a string of victories against the Islamic State group, have emerged as the most effective force battling the jihadists in Syria.