President Erdogan made clear Turkey would press ahead with the military operation until troops reach around 18 miles deep into Syria.

Turkey tells Kurdish fighters to leave Syria border zone 'tonight'

Five years after starting out with nothing, the Syrian Kurds have ended up with nothing.

Better the devil you know for Kurds betrayed by Donald Trump

Two weeks after fighting together against the Islamic State group, Iraqi forces pushed their Kurdish allies out of the disputed city.

Iraq's military is moving in to control the international borders of the northern Kurdish region after the controversial referendum result.

Kurds of all ages inked their fingers at the ballot box as they cast their vote in a historic and controversial independence referendum.

Iraqi Kurds have voted in a historic but non-binding referendum on independence from Iraq.

US mum Samantha Johnston has reportedly left her family in North Carolina to take up arms against so-called Islamic State militants in Iraq.

A former British soldier who served in Afghanistan is one of a 'growing number' of westerners joining Kurds in the fight against Isis.

The Kurds have seen their sphere of influence expand in recent years, but they know they too face a battle with Islamist militants Isis. 