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Iraqi forces, Kurdish Peshmerga agree on ceasefire, US-led coalition says

BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters reached an agreement on Friday to stop fighting in northern Iraq, the media office of the US-led...

Iraq tensions rise after Kurds warn of attack

BAGHDAD: Tensions escalated between Iraq's Kurds and Baghdad on Thursday as warnings of a "major attack" by government forces prompted Kurdish peshmerga fighters to...

Iraqi forces ready by ‘early October’ for Mosul assault, says top US officer

WASHINGTON: Iraqi security forces will be ready by next month for an assault on the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul, the top general in the US military said Wednesday.

Baghdad calls on Ankara to ‘immediately’ withdraw troops

BAGHDAD: Iraq calls on Turkey to "immediately" withdraw forces, including tanks and artillery, it has deployed in the country's north without Baghdad's consent, the premier's office said on Saturday.

U.S.-led jets strike Islamic State in northeast Syria: monitor

BEIRUT: U.S.-led jets have struck Islamic State positions in northeast Syria in an area where the militants have been battling Kurdish forces, a group monitoring the war said on Saturday.

Peshmerga, Syrian rebels battle Islamic State in besieged Kobani

MURSITPINAR Turkey: Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters and moderate Syrian rebels bombarded Islamic State positions in Kobani on Monday, but it was unclear if their arrival would turn the tide in the battle for the besieged Syrian border town.

Peshmerga bolster Kurd defenders of Syrian town

SURUC, TURKEY: Kurdish peshmerga forces streamed across the Syrian border from Turkey late Friday to bolster defenders in the key border town of Kobane which is under assault by Islamic State group jihadists.

Iraqi Kurdish forces enter Syria to fight Islamic State

SURUC, TURKEY: A first group of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters entered the besieged Syrian town of Kobani on Thursday to help push back Islamic State militants who have defied U.S. air strikes and threatened to massacre its Kurdish defenders.

Iraqi peshmerga fighters head for Syria to fight Islamic State

ARBIL, IRAQ/MURSITPINAR, TURKEY: Iraqi peshmerga fighters headed for the Syrian town of Kobani on Tuesday to help fellow Kurds repel an Islamic State advance that has defied U.S.-led air strikes and become an important test of the coalition's ability to combat the Sunni insurgents.

Kurds thwart new IS bid to cut off Syria’s Kobane

MURSITPINAR, TURKEY: Kurdish forces have thwarted a new attempt by Islamic State group fighters to cut off the Syrian town of Kobane from the border with Turkey before Iraqi Kurdish reinforcements can deploy.

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