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Kurdish fighters evacuated from Aleppo after days of violent clashes
January 11, 2026 7:58 pm
State-run news agency SANA reported buses transported the last of the fighters from the Aleppo neighborhood of Sheikh Maqsoud to northeastern Syria.
Kurds seek talks with Baghdad, offer to suspend independence vote
October 25, 2017 2:30 pm
The Iraqi government has transformed the balance of power in the north of the country since launching a campaign last week against the Kurds.
British man fighting against ISIS killed in Syria
October 24, 2017 7:12 pm
Jac Holmes, also known by his Kurdish adopted name of Sores Amanos – "sores" meaning "revolution", fought in operations to push Islamic State (ISIS) out of Syrian towns and villages including Tel Hamis, Manbij, Tabqa and Raqqa.
Revenge for Sinjar: Syrian Kurds free Islamic State slaves
June 14, 2017 1:51 pm
The militants slaughtered, enslaved and raped thousands of people when they rampaged through northern Iraq, purging its Yazidi community. They abducted Yazidi women as sex slaves and gunned down male relatives, witnesses and Iraqi officials say. Nearly 3,000 women are believed to be still in captivity.
Kurdish fighters rout Islamic State militants from town near Iraq
February 28, 2015 12:18 pm
The victory marks a second blow to the extremist IS group in a month.
UN says violence in Iraq kills at least 1,375 in January
February 01, 2015 3:43 pm
The U.N. Assistance Mission in Iraq, known as UNAMI, put the number of civilians killed at 790.
Kurds press offensive after driving IS group from Syria town
January 27, 2015 5:47 pm
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the capture of Qarah Hlanj and says the fighting has intensified.
New Kurdish offensive targets Islamic State group
November 20, 2014 2:41 am
Kurdish forces, backed by US-led airstrikes, launched a new offensive Wednesday targeting the Islamic State group.
ISIS advance on Syria town halted by Kurds; Turkey to train 4,000 fighters
October 13, 2014 3:04 am
The strikes, aimed at rolling back the militants’ gains, appear to have done little to blunt their assault on Kobani and nearby villages.
IS militants kidnap around 50 in North Iraq village
September 04, 2014 6:40 pm
It is not the first time IS has carried out mass kidnappings in Iraq.
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US airstrikes on Kobani killed hundreds of IS fighters: Pentagon
October 16, 2014 3:26 pm
The Pentagon maintained that Kobani remains in danger of falling to the Islamic State fighters, who are intently focused on the city.
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