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Kurdish forces seize Iraq's Sinjar town from Islamic State

Kurdish peshmerga forces backed by U.S. air strikes seized the Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic Sta...

Nov 13, 2015 09:21 AM EST

Canadian vets plan to join Kurdish fight against Islamic State

Several former Canadian soldiers plan to join Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants in com...

Nov 22, 2014 03:19 AM EST

Obama to send 1,500 more troops to Iraq as campaign expands

President Barack Obama has approved sending up to 1,500 more troops to Iraq, roughly doubling the nu...

Nov 08, 2014 03:13 AM EST

Kurds' battle for Kobani unites a people divided by borders

Cloaked in Kurdish flags, thousands of people lined the roads to cheer on a military convoy headed f...

Oct 31, 2014 09:24 AM EDT