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An explosion in Kobane, after an ISIS suicide bomber blew up a truck near a YPG hideout.

7 Reasons Why ISIS Desperately Wants to Take Over Kobane

While US might not find Kobane of strategic importance, for invading ISIS militants Kobane is a crucial town.

Oct 10, 2014

Diaspora Kurds return to homeland to battle jihadists

Three months ago, Karwan Baban said goodbye to Germany and drove his minibus to his native Kurdistan to join the peshmerga battling Islamic State jihadists. Duration: 02:32

Oct 8, 2014

Kobane Has Fallen: ISIS Enters Kurdish Town, Posts Image of Beheaded Female Fighter

The Islamic State has penetrated the Kurdish-inhabited Syrian border town of Kobane.

Oct 7, 2014

'Injured' ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Flees Syria to Escape From US Airstrikes

The leader Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has fled the US-led aerial bombardment in Syria after serious injury.

Oct 1, 2014

ISIS have posted a picture claiming that it is hardly 2 KM away from Kobane

Kobane's Fall Looks Imminent as ISIS Surrounds Town [PHOTOS]

Kobane, the Syrian border town controlled by the Kurdish forces, could soon be overrun by the Islamic State which has now surrounded the area from all three sides.

Sep 29, 2014

Kurdish Peshmerga troops prepare to fire a cannon during clashes with militants of the Islamic State in Iraq

Displaced Iraqi Christians Enlist with Peshmerga to Fight IS

After fleeing the Islamic State in Iraq, thousands of displaced Christians in Kurdistan are now eager to fight the Islamic State,so that they can go back home soon.

Sep 16, 2014

Who All are Buying Oil from Islamic State? Possibly Everyone

Several European countries are also allegedly buying oil from Islamic State-controlled fields.

Sep 15, 2014

Schools open in Iraqi Kurdistan despite IS crisis

As children in one school observe its opening ceremony, at least 400,000 others were unable to go back on Wednesday in Iraqi Kurdistan, where many classrooms are used as shelters for people displaced by the Islamic State offensive. Duration: 01:02

Sep 11, 2014

Iraqi kurds react after formation of a new govt. in Baghdad

Kurdish residents of Arbil in the autonomous region of Kurdistan reacted to the formation of a new government in Baghdad. Duration: 01:00

Sep 10, 2014

UN Welcomes Formation of New Government in Iraq

Key security portfolios namely the defence and interior ministry unfilled due to political disputes

Sep 9, 2014

A 'Well-Oiled' Machinery: ISIS Continues to Generate Great Revenues from Oil Fields

On the face of things, the ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) seems like just another terrorist organisation. However, in reality, they are a "well-oiled" machinery - literally.

Sep 5, 2014

Is Kurdistan Ready for Independence from Iraq? Not Any Time Soon

Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani himself has said that the new government would be the last chance for a united Iraq.

Aug 22, 2014

Displaced Iraqi children face hunger and homelessness

The ongoing fighting in Iraq has pushed the number of displaced in Iraqi Northern Region of Kurdistan to over half a million. Duration: 00:52

Aug 20, 2014

A child from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, rests at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour, Dohuk province.

Yazidi Women Raped by ISIS Jump to Death [Video]

Several Yazidi women, who were raped and humiliated by the Islamic State militants, committed suicide by jumping off Mount Singhal.

Aug 17, 2014

A view of the Mosul Dam on the Tigris River in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) northwest of Baghdad.

US Fighter Jets Pound ISIS Following Massacre of Syrian Minority Tribe

The United States on Saturday pounded Islamic State hideouts around Mosul dam in Iraq.