Kurds
Kurdish fighters seize large parts of IS border stronghold
U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters captured large sections of a strategic town on the Syria-Turkish border on Monday, dealing the biggest setback yet to the...
Syrian Kurds nearing IS border stronghold, thousands flee
Hundreds of Syrian refugees poured into a Turkish-Syrian border crossing Saturday, fleeing intense fighting as Syrian Kurds closed in on an Islamic State-held...
Kurds fend off Islamic State fighters in latest attack on Kobane crossing
Kurdish forces in the Syrian town of Kobane thwarted a new attempt by fighters from the Islamic State group Sunday to cut off the border with Turkey before...
Turkey U-turn as Iraqi Kurds granted access to beseiged town of Kobane
Turkey has given permission for Iraqi Kurdish fighters to reinforce fellow Kurds in the Syrian town of Kobane in a major policy change on Monday.
Syrian Kurds press hundreds of young men into army
Police in Syria’s beleaguered self-ruled Kurdish areas have rounded up hundreds of young men to press them into military service recently made compulsory,...
Kurds gain ground in Iraq as Britain joins fray
Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq captured a border crossing with Syria on Tuesday, expelling Islamic State (IS) militants in heavy fighting that ground...
Syrian refugees flock into Turkey as Kurds head out to fight militants
As more than 45,000 Syrians fled to Turkey, hundreds of Kurdish fighters have crossed back into neighbouring Syria to defend a Kurdish area under attack...
Iraq Crisis: U.S. planes bomb Islamist militants to prevent ‘genocide’
The U.S. has carried out airstrikes against artillery used by Islamist militants in northern Iraq, the Pentagon says.
Iraqi Kurds continue land grab, seizing 2 major oil fields
Kurdish security forces took over two major oil fields outside the disputed northern city of Kirkuk before dawn Friday and said they would use some of...
With new grip on oil fields, Iraq Kurds unveil plan to ramp up exports
Iraq’s self-ruling Kurds outlined plans on Wednesday to swiftly ramp up oil exports now that their forces have taken control of Iraq’s main...
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