Iraqi Kurds say they have secured route to besieged Sinjar mountain
Kurdish peshmerga fighters have secured a route to Iraq's Sinjar mountain, where hundreds of people had been trapped by Islamic State fighters, Masrour Barzani, head of the Iraqi Kurdish region's national security council, said on Thursday. "The peshmerga have managed to reach the mountain. A ...
Islamic State casualties mount in Kobani amid war of attrition
Islamic State casualties in the Syrian city of Kobani are mounting in a war of attrition with Kurdish fighters, according to a rights monitor and analysts. More than 1,150 people, including at least 712 members of Islamic State, have been killed in clashes there over ...
Turkish official says Iraqi Kurdish fighters are free to cross border to Kobani
A Turkish official said on Monday Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters were free to move through Turkey to Syria "as soon as they are ready" after a Syrian Kurdish leader accused Ankara of stalling on an agreement to allow them passage to the besieged Syrian ...
Iraqi Kurdish fighters poised to deploy in hours for Kobani battle
Iraqi Kurdish fighters will be deployed to Kobani within hours to bolster the town's defenders in their battle against Islamic State, a senior Iraqi Kurdish official with knowledge of the operation said. The reinforcements will remain under the command of the Kurdish Regional Government in ...
A window of opportunity opens for Iraq's Kurds
If the Kurds of Iraq play their cards right, they could end up with the borders they want, fully recognized by a government in Baghdad that has been saved from ISIS fanatics by Kurdish troops.
