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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›
'WORLD'S BRAVEST DUCK' PLAYS WITH TIGER AT AUSTRALIAN ZOO
The exercises are part of a rehabilitation program for female cancer patients at Hiwa Cancer Hospital, the only specialized cancer facility in northern Iraq's Kurdistan region... 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›
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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›
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›
RUSSIA 'IS BUILDING MILITARY BASE IN SYRIA'
Syria is already home to Russia's only base outside the former Soviet Union a naval station in Tartus... READ MORE›
A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THE SYRIAN CONFLICT
Syrian conflict has killed quarter of a million people... 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›
AYLAN KURDI'S FATHER IS A PEOPLE SMUGGLER, WOMAN CLAIMS
Mr Kurdi has now returned to Syria and the ruins of the city of Kobani the home he and his family had fled... READ MORE›
SYRIAN TODDLER AYLAN'S FATHER DROVE CAPSIZED BOAT, OTHER PASSENGERS SAY
Abu Hussein told me that he Kurdi was the one who organized this trip, he said... 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›
AYLAN KURDI, DROWNED SYRIAN 3-YEAR-OLD, MOURNED WITH POIGNANT CARTOONS USING 'HUMANITY WASHED ASHORE' HASHTAG
Aylan kurdi drowned syrian 3-year-old mourned with poignant cartoons using humanity washed ashore hashtag... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA LOOKS SET TO START BOMBING SYRIA AS LIBERALS WARN AGAINST TOO MUCH COMPASSION FOR REFUGEES
Australia looks set to start bombing Syria as Libs warn against too much refugee compassion... 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›
ISLAMIC STATE CONFIRMED TO HAVE USED MUSTARD GAS AGAINST KURDS IN SYRIA
Kurdish fighters claim victory in Kobane back in January The attack adds to an increasing number of allegations of chemical use by Isil... READ MORE›
ISIS HELD US AID WORKER AS SEX SLAVE BEFORE DEATH
DOHUK Iraq Somewhere in territory controlled by the Islamic State Kayla Mueller an American aid worker was chained in a room with other female captives... READ MORE›
MAP: THERE ARE 10 WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN IRAQ AND SYRIA. NINE ARE IN DANGER.
Islamic State group jihadists seized Syria's Palmyra on Thursday, as UNESCO warned that the destruction of the ancient city would be an enormous loss to humanity... READ MORE›
IRAQI WOMAN BATTLES ISIL, ONE STITCH AT A TIME
Former journalist starts business to meet rising demand for military uniforms for Kurdish soldiers in northern Iraq... 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›
TURKEY TO ALLOW KURDISH PESHMERGA ACROSS ITS TERRITORY TO FIGHT IN KOBANI
Turkey has agreed to give passage as long as the peshmerga fighters bring back the weapons that they take in to Kobani... READ MORE›
FRESH FIGHTING IN KEY SYRIAN TOWN
The new fighting came as Turkey said it would allow Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters to cross into Syria to fight IS... READ MORE›
MACER GIFFORD WE COULD DEFEAT ISLAMIC STATE WITHIN A YEAR I KNOW BECAUSE I FOUGHT THEM
I was under no illusion that my presence on the frontline was going to win the war against Isil... 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›
ISIS SUSPECTED OF CHEMICAL ATTACK AGAINST KURDS
Unlike mustard gas, chlorine was not banned under a Russian-American agreement with Syria to remove and destroy its chemical weapons... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA TRAIN CRASH COMMUTER TRAIN COLLIDES WITH TRUCK IN OXNARD
Kino, referring to the Kurdish enclave bordering Turkey whose encirclement by the Islamic State prompted American-led airstrikes that helped drive the group back... READ MORE›
UN TO EXAMINE SYRIA CHEMICAL WEAPONS ATTACKS
The UN has adopted a resolution aimed at identifying those behind chemical weapons attacks in Syria... READ MORE›
NEW DIPLOMACY SEEN ON US-RUSSIAN EFFORTS TO END SYRIAN CIVIL WAR
The United States and its allies have long said no Russia says yes, adding that Mr. Assad's departure cannot be a precondition for talks... 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›
IRAQI KURDS IN OFFENSIVE TO RETAKE ISIL-HELD TOWN
Kurdish Iraqi fighters, backed by the U.S.-led air campaign, launched an assault Thursday aiming to retake the strategic town of Sinjar... READ MORE›
AYLAN AND GALIP KURDI: EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT DROWNED SYRIAN REFUGEE BOYS
Abdullah Kurdi has a sister called Teema in Vancouver, Canada, and it was there that the family hoped to settle... READ MORE›
LACK OF FUNDS: WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME DROPS AID TO ONE-THIRD OF SYRIAN REFUGEES
Jordan hosts about 630,000 Syrian refugees, including more than half a million in communities and the rest in camps... READ MORE›
THE KURDS' CAUSE IS OURS - LET'S HELP THEM FIGHT THE BARBARIANS
I am standing on the muddy floor of an old cement factory in northern Iraq and trying to console a widow... READ MORE›
SYRIAN GIRLS 'SOLD' INTO FORCED MARRIAGES
Many of the young girls are sourced from refugee camps in Jordan that house more than 120 000 Syrian refugees... READ MORE›