Alexander Dziadosz

Kurdish convoy heads to Syria to take on Islamic State
Kurdish convoy heads to Syria to take on Islamic State

Peshmerga fighters from northern Iraq are heading towards Kobani to try to help fellow Kurds break an Islamic State siege.

Islamic State fights Syrian army for gas field, killing 30
Islamic State fights Syrian army for gas field, killing 30

Islamic State militants in Syria killed at least 30 pro-government fighters in an assault on a gas field that has witnessed some of the bloodiest confrontations between the two sides, a monitoring group said today.