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A BABY NAMED TRUMP AND ADMIRATION FOR A NEW U.S. PRESIDENT IN NORTHERN IRAQ
What I like most and admire about Donald Trump is that he's a confident man and a successful businessman... READ MORE›
U.S. MILITARY AID IS FUELING BIG AMBITIONS FOR SYRIA'S LEFTIST KURDISH MILITIA
Recruits at a graduation ceremony after completing military training provided by U.S. Special Forces in the countryside of Syria's Aleppo province... READ MORE›
WHY THE ISTANBUL ATTACK SHOULD BE READ AS A DECLARATION OF WAR BY ISIS
Turkish forces, while fighting Isis, have also been carrying out operations against the Kurds in Turkey and Syria... READ MORE›
BRITISH CHEF DIES FIGHTING ISLAMIC STATE IN SYRIA
A British former chef has been killed fighting Islamic State alongside a Kurdish militia in Syria, according to local activists... READ MORE›
ISIS LEADER DEAD? ISLAMIC STATE EMIRS KILLED BY TURKISH WARPLANES IN SYRIA
Ansari was killed Friday by Turkish warplanes in the northern Syrian town of al-Bab under the government's Euphrates Shield operation that began four months ago... READ MORE›
FOR LIBERATED IRAQI CHRISTIANS STILL A BLEAK CHRISTMAS
By the time the Islamic State swept through northern Iraq in 2014, that figure had fallen to roughly 400,000... READ MORE›
'A MOST TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE' - IRISH BACKPACKERS TRAVEL TO IRAQ BORDER WITH FREEDOM FIGHTERS BATTLING ISIS
Will, from Blanchardstown, told Independent.ie that they wanted to experience what life in Kurdistan regions was like... READ MORE›
SCOTT DAYTON IDENTIFIED AS FIRST AMERICAN TO DIE IN SYRIA COMBAT
He was killed by an improvised bomb on Thursday in northern Syria, where the Americans have been helping to organize an offensive against the Islamic State... READ MORE›
THE YAZIDI PEOPLE: WHO ARE THEY AND WHY ARE THEY ON THE RUN?
Both Islamic and Christian traditions show the devil as a fallen angel, which leads many people to believe the Yazidis are devil worshippers... READ MORE›
KATIE HOPKINS TWEETS DISPARAGING REMARK ABOUT ALAN KURDI'S FATHER ON ANNIVERSARY OF TODDLER'S DEATH
Hopkins' tweet comes after Alan's father Abdullah, who now lives in Irbil in Iraqi Kurdistan, spoke to the media on the anniversary of his son's death... READ MORE›
TURKEY WANTS KURDS' ROLE IN RAQQA OFFENSIVE REDUCED
Turkey wants to lead the attack into the Daesh stronghold of Raqqa, due to a political dispute with Syrian Kurds... READ MORE›
IRAQ: KURDS DEPORT JAPANESE MAN OVER ALLEGED ISIL TIES
Media reports say Kosuke Tsuneoka, 47, is a freelance journalist who was covering the battle to take the city of Mosul from the armed group... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE SENDS CAR BOMBS AGAINST U.S.-BACKED FORCES ADVANCING ON RAQQA
The Amaq news agency, the extremist group's media arm, claimed that the Islamic State launched 120 such assaults across Syria, Iraq and Libya in October... READ MORE›
KURDISH-LED FORCE ANNOUNCES START OF OPERATION TO RECLAIM RAQQA FROM ISIS
Over the summer, Turkish forces intervened in northern Syria, targeting Islamic State militants but also acting as a curb to Kurdish territorial ambitions in the country... READ MORE›
SYRIAN REBELS ANNOUNCE PUSH TO DRIVE ISLAMIC STATE FROM RAQQA
The Syrian forces are a ways off from assaulting Raqqa... READ MORE›
JAPANESE JOURNALIST HELD IN IRAQ SAYS HE WAS ISLAMIC STATE INTERPRETER
Tsuneoka was detained this week for alleged connections with the Islamic State group... READ MORE›
SYRIA REBELS TRY AGAIN TO BREAK ALEPPO SIEGE BEFORE RUSSIAN CEASE-FIRE STARTS
No aid has reached eastern Aleppo city's more than 250,000 residents since early July, and there are reports of shortages and price hikes... READ MORE›
KURDISH WOMEN FIGHTERS BATTLE ISLAMIC STATE WITH MACHINEGUNS AND SONGS
On Thursday afternoon, women fighters were lined up on a dirt berm, their weapons pointed at the frontline with Islamic State about 700 meters away... READ MORE›
JAPANESE REPORTER DETAINED IN IRAQ TO BE RELEASED SOON, KURDISH MEDIA SAYS
Journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka, who has been detained by local authorities in Iraq while covering the battle to retake the Islamic State-held city of Mosul, is... READ MORE›
IRAQ REVEALS OILFIELDS OUTPUT TO WIN OVER OPEC AHEAD OF MEETING
In the north of the country, the Kirkuk and Baba Gurgur fields produced 93,000 barrels a day for the federal North Oil Co., SOMO said... READ MORE›
RAQQA ATTACK AGAINST ISIL NEEDS TO START SOON
Tensions between the Kurds and Turkey may also be slowing operations against the Islamic State in Syria... READ MORE›
FAMILIES FLEE MOSUL FIGHTING AS REPORTS OF ISIL MASSACRES EMERGE
The United Nations believes that in a worst case scenario, one million people could be displaced... READ MORE›
MILITANTS ENTER WESTERN IRAQI TOWN OF RUTBA
Meanwhile, Kurdish Peshmerga forces launched fresh attacks to the north-east of Mosul which is occupied by IS... READ MORE›
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US-TRAINED DIVISION 30 REBELS 'BETRAYED US AND HAND WEAPONS OVER TO AL-QAEDA'S AFFILIATE IN SYRIA'
Pentagon-trained rebels are reported to have betrayed us and handed weapons over to jabhat al-nusra immediately after entering syria... READ MORE›
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HALTS PROGRAM TO TRAIN SYRIANS TO COMBAT ISIS
Anti-Assad insurgents say they have never heard of a group called the Syrian Arab Coalition, though they welcome the prospect of increased support... READ MORE›
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›
VICTIMS OF ISIS: NON-WESTERN JOURNALISTS WHO DONA??T MAKE THE HEADLINES
In Syria, according to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists CPJ, Isis executed freelance cameraman Yasser Faisal al-Jumaili in Idlib in December last year... READ MORE›
ISIL 'DRIVEN OUT' FROM TURKEY-SYRIA BORDER
After crossing the border on August 24, Turkish-backed Syrian rebels captured the border town of Jarablus from ISIL in 14 hours... READ MORE›
GI KILLED FREEING PRISONERS OF ISIS IN IRAQ FIRST IN 4 YEARS
Iraqi officials said the raid involved American helicopters, Kurdish and American Special Operations forces, and airstrikes... READ MORE›
DENNIS SKINNER WARNS AGAINST MILITARY INTERVENTION IN SYRIA'S 'CRAZY WAR'
The veteran Labour left-winger accused Britain's allies Turkey of aiding Isis by shooting down Russian jets, bombing Kurdish forces, and buying oil from the militant group... READ MORE›
ISIS 'CUT OFF FROM REST OF WORLD' AS REBELS EXPEL ISLAMISTS FROM TURKISH BORDER
Indeed, with Isis almost pushed back from the border, Turkey appears already to have turned its full attention to the US-backed YPG... READ MORE›
NEW US-BACKED ALLIANCE TO COUNTER ISIS IN SYRIA FALTERS
Others had lost their communities to the Islamic State and hoped that Kurdish military might help them go home... 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›
SYRIAN KURDS SAY AIR STRIKES AGAINST ISIS ARE NOT WORKING
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has reported that warplanes have carried out repeated strikes in recent nights around Kobani... READ MORE›
ANIMAL THERAPY COMFORTS TRAUMATISED IRAQI CHILDREN
Animals can help the children psychologically various research has shown this, and it is certainly applicable to children affected by the wars in Iraq and Syria... READ MORE›
TURKISH TANKS ENTER SYRIA IN NEW FRONT AGAINST ISIL
After deploying across the border on August 24, Turkish-backed Syrian rebels recaptured the border town of Jarablus from ISIL in only 14 hours.... 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›
REVEALED: UK A??MERCENARIESA?? FIGHTING ISLAMIC STATE TERRORIST FORCES IN SYRIA
Former infantryman James Hughes, from Reading, and Jamie Read, from Lanarkshire, understood to be in Rojava, northern Syria... READ MORE›
SYRIAN KURDS, ALLIES TO APPROVE FEDERAL PLAN DESPITE TURKEY
Both the United States and Turkey have demanded the Kurdish YPG militia withdraw from positions west of the Euphrates... READ MORE›
US JETS JOIN IS SYRIA BORDER BATTLE
Us-led air strikes hit is on syria's border with turkey... READ MORE›
TURKEY TO LET IRAQ KURDS JOIN KOBANE FIGHT
Islamic state turkey to let iraq kurds join kobane fight... READ MORE›
'AMERICANS SAVED MY LIFE': FORMER REFUGEES FROM IRAQ PERPLEXED BY US FEARS
Sindi is perplexed by the fears raised by American politicians over the vetting of Syrian refugees... READ MORE›
STREET BATTLES AS IS ENTERS KEY TOWN
Last week, Turkey pledged to prevent Kobane from falling to the militants and its parliament authorised military operations against militants in Iraq and Syria... READ MORE›
IS AND SYRIA KURDS IN FIERCE GUN BATTLES
Kurds are angry that Turkey has prevented fighters crossing the border to fight IS in Kobane... READ MORE›
ERDOGAN MUST BE STOPPED IN TURKEY BEFORE ISIS GETS STRONGER AND THE REFUGEE CRISIS WORSENS
For the latter, Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan simply must go before he leads Turkey further into destruction... READ MORE›
TURKISH SOLDIERS KILLED IN ISIL ROCKET ATTACK IN SYRIA
Three Turkish soldiers have been killed and four wounded during clashes with ISIL fighters in northern Syria, according to Turkey's armed forces... READ MORE›
10 NEW WARS THAT COULD BE UNLEASHED AS A RESULT OF THE ONE AGAINST ISIS
5 Turkey and Syria The Turkish intervention in Syria has for now been confined to fighting the Islamic State and Kurdish forces... 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›
TURKEY CALLS DEADLY BLAST NEAR SYRIA BORDER TERRORISM
When Turkish authorities blocked access to several Islamic news websites last week, Islamic State sympathizers in Turkey threatened to carry out an unspecified retaliation... READ MORE›
ISIS LAUNCHES ATTACK ON KOBANI FROM INSIDE TURKEY FOR FIRST TIME
18 GMT Kobani has been under Isis assault since September, but the militants have never attacked it from Turkey before... READ MORE›
IS THIS AMERICA'S WORST ERROR IN THE MIDDLE EAST SINCE THE IRAQ WAR?
Turkey conflict with Kurds Was approving air strikes against the PKK America's worst error in the Middle East since the Iraq War?... READ MORE›
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SYRIAN KURDISH YPG WELCOMES U.S.-RUSSIA CEASEFIRE DEAL
The Syrian Democratic Forces alliance, which includes the YPG, also announced it would abide by the agreement... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE LOSES LAST TERRITORY ON SYRIAN BORDER
Islamic State pushed back from Syrian border after three-year presence... READ MORE›
THE BRITISH DAIRY FARMER WHO FELL IN BATTLE AGAINST ISIS
A recording of an interview in Syria with 22-year-old Dean Carl Evans, from Reading, has been found after he died in battle last month... READ MORE›
AMERICAN FIGHTING ISIS IN SYRIA KILLED IN COMBAT
Levi Shirley, American Fighting ISIS in Syria, Killed in Combat Family... READ MORE›
U.S.-BACKED OFFENSIVE IN SYRIA TARGETS ISLAMIC STATE'S CAPITAL
The offensive comes as the Islamic State is on the retreat from numerous front elsewhere in Iraq and Syria... READ MORE›
SYRIAN KURDS DECLARE THEIR OWN REGION, RAISING TENSIONS
The self-proclaimed federal region will be known as Rojava-Northern Syria and will link the three cantons -- Jazeera, Kobane and Afrin... READ MORE›
28/74 ISIS FIGHTERS IN SYRIA
Swedish teenager Marilyn Nevalainen says she was tricked into joining Isis by her 19-year-old boyfriend... READ MORE›
KURDISH SPECIAL FORCES RESCUE SWEDISH GIRL FROM ISLAMIC STATE IN IRAQ
Demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State slogans in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, Iraq, in 2014... READ MORE›
TURKISH ARTILLERY RETURNS FIRE 'IN KIND' INTO SYRIA
An offensive by the Syrian army, supported by Russian bombing and Iranian-backed Shi'ite militias, has brought it to within 25 km 15 miles of Turkey's frontier... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 50 DEAD AFTER ISIS TRUCK-BOMB ATTACKS IN KURDISH-CONTROLLED SYRIA
Syrian Kurdish YPG militia says at least 80 others wounded in Tel Tamer after Islamic State suicide blasts... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE TRUCK BOMBS KILL UP TO 60 PEOPLE IN SYRIAN TOWN
Islamic State truck bombs kill up to 60 people in Syrian town Kurds... READ MORE›
ISIS DUMPING DEAD BODIES ON SYRIAN STREETS CAUSES DEADLY 'FLESH-EATING' DISEASE TO SPREAD
A Syrian Kurdish fighter reportedly told other news agencies We did not have knowledge about this deadly disease before... READ MORE›