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.

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.