ARBIL Iraq (Reuters) - The president of Iraq's Kurdistan region urged the international community on Friday to "use every means" to protect the city of Kobani in neighboring Syria from an impending attack by Islamic State militants. Islamic State fighters are...

    (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 13 people from the same family have been killed near Qamishli city, northeast Syria, by Kurdish militant group, people of al-Matiniya village said they found their bodies buried in mass graveyard....

Reporting by Abdullah Al Ghadawi; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)-   The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has established its own intelligence agency in territory it control in Syria, mostly from civilians loyal to the...

BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic State fighters backed by tanks have captured 21 Kurdish villages over the past 24 hours in northern Syria near the Turkish border, prompting civilians to flee their homes amid fears of retribution by the extremists sweeping through the area, activists said....