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  Syrian base housing US troops suffers another drone attack, kills six Kurdish fighters

  World | February 05, 2024 17:07 IST

  The US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said Monday the attack hit a training ground at al-Omar base in Syria’s eastern province of Deir el-Zour, where the forces’ commando units are trained.

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  Shocking Video: ISIS threatens Barack Obama, beheads four kurdish fighters

  World | October 31, 2015 12:53 IST

  Mosul: In yet another show of barbarity, ISIS militants have beheaded four Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in 'revenge' for a a raid by US special forces that rescued 70 Iraqi hostages and killed around 20 terrorists.The

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  Kurds keep up offensive against extremists in northern Syria

  World | June 24, 2015 10:16 IST

  Beirut:  Backed by U.S.-led airstrikes and buoyed by battlefield successes, Kurdish fighters kept up an offensive through northern Syria on Tuesday, driving Islamic State militants out of a town near the extremists' de facto capital

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  Iraqi Kurdish force moves to help fight IS militants in Kobane

  World | October 28, 2014 20:44 IST

  Baghdad: A group of Iraqi Kurdish fighters, known as Peshmerga, headed Tuesday to the Syrian border town of Kobane via Turkey to help local Kurdish people who have been struggling to fend off attacks by

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  Jihadists seize Kurdish headquarters in Kobane, massacre feared

  World | October 11, 2014 13:44 IST

  Suruc: Islamic State jihadists have captured the headquarters of Kurdish fighters defending the Syrian border town of Kobane, with a UN envoy warning thousands would likely be massacred if it falls to them.Outgunned Kurdish militia