![]() Senator Schumer calls for US backing of Kurdish stateSenate minority leader calls on US to recognize Kurdish bid for independence, a position embraced internationally virtually only by Israel.![]() Pentagon: Stand down, Kurds, TurksAs the US-backed Kurds and the invading Turks continue to scrap to the west of the Euphrates, the Pentagon tries to take tensions down.![]() Kurdish city in chaos, double bombing kills 44Serial bomb attacks in Qamishli have strewn the streets with dead and wounded.![]() Mass grave in Iraq tells horror storyAs Europe mourns ISIS's deadly Paris attacks, only now is the scale of another massacre the West could have prevented becoming clear.![]() Turkey: We Killed 770 Kurdish Militants in a MonthState-run media cites intelligence sources saying 430 PKK militants killed in Iraq, another 260 in southeastern Turkey.![]() 'Kurdish Shakira' Wages Music Video War on ISISKurdish pop-star fights back in her own way with English-language music video shot near front lines replete with tanks.![]() Kurds Advance Towards ISIS De Facto CapitalYPG and rebel forces capture 19 villages in Raqa province where ISIS has its stronghold, aided by US coalition airstrikes.![]() Kurds Defeat ISIS in Iraqi Kurdistan's CapitalMajor attack repulsed as 34 ISIS terrorists killed, with tactics and US-led airstrikes turning the tables on jihadists.![]() Kurds Launch Push Against ISIS in North IraqKurds regaining ground in Iraq with the help of US-backed international coalition, officials say.![]() Kurd Leader Says ISIS Has '200,000 Terrorists'CIA estimates put ISIS strength at no more than 31,500, but senior Kurdish official reveals that's 'impossible' given realities on ground.![]() US Airdrops Weapons to Kurds Despite TurkeyAfter Erdogan calls Kurdish fighters 'terrorists' and opposes arming them, arms dropped in Kobane to aid fight against ISIS.![]() US Talking Directly With Kurdish FightersControversial cooperation with offshoot of blacklisted group sees unlikely link between Turks and Kurds; concern over Kobane escalates.![]() Three US Citizens Join Kurdish Fight Against ISISA different type of foreign national: instead of joining jihadists, US citizens found to be joining fight against them.![]() Islamic State Conquering Syria's Turkish BorderThousands of Kurds flee to border as ISIS takes 21 border towns; Turkey initially doesn't let them in - same night 21 wounded Gazans let in.![]() ISIS Seizes Nuclear Materials in IraqIraq warns UN that Jihadist group captured uranium compounds; US and UN brush off threat of 'dirty bomb.'![]() Kurdish Diplomat Firmly Denies Ties with IsraelDespite Israeli PM, FM and president's advances, KRG envoy says policy same as Iraq, which is still technically at war with Israel.![]() Kurds Deny Report of Oil Trade with IsraelKurdish officials say report of oil from independent pipeline being sold to Israel is 'baseless and without evidence.'![]() Syrian Kurds Declare AutonomyAfter months of fighting, northeastern Syria makes official split to Kurdish autonomy.![]() Kurds Concerned Islamists Taking OverKurdish group fighting Assad: Islamists are taking over our cause; call for American support against Al Qaeda.![]() Syrian Kurds Capture Al Qaeda Head in SyriaSyrian Kurdish rebels say they’ve captured the head of ISIS, representing the jihadist Syrian rebel groups linked to Al Qaeda in Iraq.![]() Second Civil War Brewing in War-Torn SyriaA second war is brewing in war-ravaged Syria – this one between the two opposition factions fighting to depose President Bashar al-Assad.![]() Syrian Kurds Prepare for AutonomySyrian Kurds clashed with radical Islamist rebels, killing at least four. Turkish boy killed by stray fire![]() 10,000 Syrian Refugees Wait to Enter TurkeyMore than 200,000 Syrians have fled the savage civil war ripping apart their homeland this year. Now 10,000 are waiting to enter Turkey.![]() Turkey: Assad Gave Heavy Weapons to PKKTurkey's ruling AK Party accuses Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of “heaving heavy weapons” for Kurdish PKK terrorists in northern Syria. |