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BRENDAN ONEILL THE WEST IS BETRAYING THE KURDS AND ALLOWING THEM TO BE MASSACRED
The PKK has close links with the YPG, the Kurdish People's Protection Units in Syria, who have been among the bravest battlers against Isil... READ MORE›
UNTANGLING THE CONFLICTS IN THE SYRIAN WAR
The United States is focused on defeating the Islamic State... READ MORE›
WATCH LIVE COVERAGE OF TURKEY'S BORDER WITH SYRIA NEAR EMBATTLED KOBANE
The Kobane battle has raged in full view of the Turkish frontier, testing whether a US-led coalition can halt Islamic State's advance... READ MORE›
WITH STRIKES US AIMS TO PUT PRESSURE ON ISIS IN SYRIA
As recently as Friday, Mr. Obama said he would take all steps necessary to combat the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq... READ MORE›
OBAMA WEIGHS MOVING U.S. TROOPS CLOSER TO FRONT LINES IN SYRIA, IRAQ
The Islamic State depends on the sale of oil and electricity inside Syria to pay for its military operations... READ MORE›
SHIITES IN IRAQ CHEER PUTINS INTERVENTION IN SYRIAN WAR
But the war with the Islamic State does not seem very far away... READ MORE›
EXPLAINER WHO IS FIGHTING WHOM IN SYRIA
HOW IT IS FIGHTING The United States leads a coalition conducting airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State and other extremist groups... READ MORE›
ISIS DESTROYS MORE ARTIFACTS IN SYRIA AND IRAQ
But Thursday was the first time that the Islamic State said it had destroyed Palmyra statues... READ MORE›
LEADER OF ISLAMIC STATE USED AMERICAN HOSTAGE AS SEXUAL SLAVE
Systematic abuse Mueller's mistreatment is the latest evidence of the Islamic State's systematic abuse of women on a significant scale... READ MORE›
KURDISH FIGHTERS RETAKE IRAQI CITY OF SINJAR FROM ISIS
And pesh merga officials said, they intercepted radio traffic from the Islamic State fighters suggesting that their forces were deserting... READ MORE›
SUCCESS OF KURDISH FORCES IS A BRIGHT SPOT FOR US
Coalition airstrikes have been essential in destroying Islamic State positions and paving the way for Kurdish advances... READ MORE›
GOALS DIVERGE AND PERILS REMAIN AS US AND TURKEY TAKE ON ISIS
Militias that have lately been the United States' main partners in fighting the Islamic State in Syria, but whom Turkey considers enemies... READ MORE›
ISIS OR AL QAEDA AMERICAN OFFICIALS SPLIT OVER TOP TERROR THREAT
Senior leaders of the Islamic State -- unlike those of Al Qaeda -- have not made a priority of organizing strikes on the West... READ MORE›
OFFERING SERVICES ISIS DIGS IN DEEPER IN SEIZED TERRITORIES
ERBIL Iraq In northern Syria the jihadists of the Islamic State have fixed power lines dug sewage systems and painted sidewalks... READ MORE›
U.S. PLANS TO CAPTURE THE ISLAMIC STATES CAPITAL ALREADY GO AWRY
Members of a Syrian armed group hold positions in the frontline against the Islamic State group outside Ain Issa, in the countryside of Raqqa province... READ MORE›
FIRST AMERICAN SOLDIER KILLED IN IRAQ SINCE OFFICIAL END OF COMBAT IN 2011
Five Islamic State militants were captured, officials said, and at least 10 were killed... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE FIGURES KILLED IN AIR STRIKE; BAGHDADI NOT BELIEVED AMONG THEM
Islamic State supporters said on Twitter that even if Baghdadi had been killed, his self-proclaimed caliphate straddling large areas of Iraq and Syria would survive... READ MORE›
BRITAIN'S BLAIR SAYS 2003 IRAQ INVASION PLAYED ROLE IN ISLAMIC STATE RISE
Decision to disband Saddam Hussein's army after the invasion created a huge security vacuum exploited by al Qaeda, which was eventually replaced by Islamic State... READ MORE›
YAZIDIS LEFT TO THEIR FATE IN IRAQ
When the Yazidis do come back from Isil they have nothing... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE SHOWS IMAGES OF ANCIENT SYRIAN TEMPLE DESTRUCTION
Islamic State has proclaimed a caliphate to rule over all Muslims from territory it holds in both Syria and Iraq... READ MORE›
IRAQI KURDS WARN PKK AMID TURKEY AIR STRIKES
Iraq's Kurdistan region has urged Turkish Kurd separatist forces of the PKK to leave civilian areas amid continuing Turkish air strikes... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE SELLING SEX SLAVES, THE YOUNGER THE BETTER, CLAIMS UN OFFICIAL
For Islamic State fighters, the prices in Iraqi dinars for boys and girls aged one to nine are equal to about US165 230, Mrs Bangura said... READ MORE›
U.S. WEIGHS SPECIAL FORCES IN SYRIA, HELICOPTERS IN IRAQ
Forces with Iraqi troops to support the Islamic State fight if it improved chances of defeating the militants... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES PLAN OFFENSIVE TO RETAKE RAMADI FROM ISIS
But the Islamic State's gains in Ramadi also led to a course correction on the American side... READ MORE›
IRAQI KURDISH PESHMERGA FORCES 'CROSS INTO KOBANE'
Syria is iraqi kurdish peshmerga forces cross into kobane... READ MORE›
SWEDISH SCHOOL WORKER KILLED TRYING TO PROTECT STUDENTS IN RACIAL ATTACK HAILED AS HERO
At least three buildings being used to house refugees have been damaged in arson attacks recently... READ MORE›
KURDISH FORCES SEIZE IRAQ'S SINJAR TOWN FROM ISLAMIC STATE
Campaigns to contain Islamic State have moved slowly in Iraq, where sectarian divisions and corruption have hindered military progress... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE ATTACKS SYRIAN ARMY AND KURDS IN TWIN ASSAULT
Islamic State fighters were battling Kurdish forces in the town itself... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS FLEE SYRIA AS KURDS GAIN ON ISIS
But Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the observatory, said Islamic State fighters still controlled the road from the Turkish border to Raqqa... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES AND SHIITE MILITIAS RETAKE OIL REFINERY
Islamic State militants and Iraqi forces have been fighting for more than a year over Baiji, which has changed hands repeatedly... READ MORE›