Some 150 Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters joined the battle against Islamic State (IS) jihadists in the Syrian town of Kobane on Friday, crossing the border from Turkey, a monitor said. Syrian ...

Iraqi Peshmerga forces have started combat operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Kobane, less than twenty four hours after arriving in the besieged Syrian town.

Across the border in Iraq, meanwhile, a top army officer announced yesterday that troops had “liberated” Diyala province from Islamic State, also known as ISIL. In Syria, the Kurdish advance in Kobane ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A Kurdish resident of northeast Syria’s (Rojava) Kobane city, a symbol of resistance against the Islamic State (ISIS), has appealed to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to provide ...