Tuesday, 23 June, 2015 , 15:16 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 , 13:10 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 , 10:06 AFP — Syrian Kurdish fighters and rebel allies overnight seized a key base held by the Islamic State group north of its Raqa stronghold, in a new blow for the jihadists.

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.