Kurds

Turkey braces for tense polls after deadly attack

DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY: Turkey on Saturday prepared for its tightest elections in over a decade, with… Read More

Syrian Kurds battle Islamic State in northeast

BEIRUT: At least two dozen Islamic State fighters have been killed in northeastern Syria in… Read More

Iraq PM says will cooperate with Kurds to liberate Nineveh

BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the Baghdad government would work with Kurdish authorities… Read More

Iraqi Kurds say Islamic State used chlorine gas against them

ARBIL, Iraq: Iraqi Kurdish authorities said on Saturday they had evidence that Islamic State had… Read More

France deploys aircraft carrier in Gulf for IS fight

PARIS: A French aircraft carrier launched operations in the Gulf on Monday as Paris stepped… Read More

Kurds regain Syrian villages from Islamic State: monitor

BEIRUT: Kurdish forces backed by U.S.-led air strikes have regained control of at least 163… Read More

Kurds blame Turkey as suicide bombers hit Kobani

ISTANBUL/BEIRUT : Turkey's main Kurdish party accused the government of turning a blind eye to Islamic… Read More

First female fighter join Kurds against IS

JERUSALEM: A Canadian-born immigrant to Israel has become the first foreign woman to join Kurds… Read More

Kurds gain ground but not control in struggle for Syrian border town

BEIRUT/MURSITPINAR: Syrian Kurds backed by fighters from northern Iraq have gained ground towards breaking the… Read More

Peshmerga bolster Kurd defenders of Syrian town

SURUC, TURKEY: Kurdish peshmerga forces streamed across the Syrian border from Turkey late Friday to… Read More

Iraqi Kurdish forces enter Syria to fight Islamic State

SURUC, TURKEY: A first group of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters entered the besieged Syrian town… Read More

US warplanes bomb IS near Kobane to aid Kurds in Syria

WASHINGTON: US warplanes renewed air strikes against Islamic State jihadists near the Syrian town of… Read More

Iraqi peshmerga fighters head for Syria to fight Islamic State

ARBIL, IRAQ/MURSITPINAR, TURKEY: Iraqi peshmerga fighters headed for the Syrian town of Kobani on Tuesday… Read More

Kurds thwart new IS bid to cut off Syria’s Kobane

MURSITPINAR, TURKEY: Kurdish forces have thwarted a new attempt by Islamic State group fighters to… Read More

US drops arms, ammunition to Kurds battling IS in Kobane

WASHINGTON: The American military airdropped weapons, ammunition and medical supplies Sunday to Kurds fighting the… Read More

US airdrops arms, ammunition to Kurds battling IS in Kobane

WASHINGTON: The American military airdropped weapons, ammunition and medical supplies Sunday to Kurds fighting the… Read More

Kurds thwart new jihadist bid to cut off Syria town

MURSITPINAR : Kurdish forces in the Syrian town of Kobane repulsed a new attempt by… Read More

Riots in Turkey kill 19 over failure to aid besieged Syrian Kurds

MURSITPINAR: At least 19 people were reported killed in riots across Turkey, the deadliest street… Read More

U.S., Kurds strike at Islamic State in Syria

BEIRUT/MURSITPINAR, TURKEY: U.S. warplanes attacked Islamic State targets in Syria overnight, in raids that a… Read More

Kerry opposes Iran role in anti-Islamic State coalition

WASHINGTON: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday it was "not appropriate" for… Read More