Kurdish forces

France plans to repatriate more than 100 children of Islamic State fighters held by Kurdish forces in Syria.

TEL AVIV — The Islamic State has already lost control of the strategic city of Tal Afar in Iraq and the Syrian army is expected to enter the second-most-important city held by the organization Dir az-Zor, even as Kurdish forces battle IS fighters in their de-facto capital of Raqqa.

A U.S. Army veteran and another soldier have been killed in Raqqa while fighting alongside the Syrian Kurdish Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG).

WASHINGTON – A U.S. plan to help Syrian allies retake Raqqa, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria’s stronghold in Syria, could involve more U.S. troops getting significantly closer to the fight.

Islamic State expanded its attacks on Monday against Iraqi army and Kurdish forces to relieve pressure on its militants confronting an offensive on Mosul, its last major urban stronghold in the country.

The victory clinched by the Syrian army in Aleppo on Wednesday is a turning point in the Syrian conflict as well as global diplomacy at large, according to the assessment of an Arab diplomat speaking to Breitbart Jerusalem.

TEL AVIV – An American Jew was killed fighting Islamic State militants in the battle for Manbij, a city in northern Syria.

Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) are joining to introduce bipartisan legislation that would provide temporary, emergency authorization of defense services and training to the Kurdistan Regional Government.

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Syria killed 54 Kurdish civilians, including 35 women and children, as they celebrated the Kurdish new year’s eve, a monitor group reports.

Sen. Rand Paul proposes a bold foreign policy move: arming the Kurds and allowing them to establish their own nation.

While the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Iraq have managed to hold back the Islamic State (ISIS) from key areas, including the stronghold of Erbil, Sunni Arabs displaced by ISIS attacks are protesting that the Kurdish army is not allowing them to return home following the pushback.

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters repelled a “major attack” by Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL) terrorists near Erbil in northern Iraq, various news outlets report.

Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL) jihadists executed two alleged spies and crucified another to a road sign in Syria, the Daily Mail reports.

Kurdish peshmerga fighters fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS or ISIL) are facing a shortage of military supplies, according to media reports.

Americans, including a former U.S. soldier, and other Westerners have joined Kurdish forces battling Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL) jihadists on the ground in Iraq.

MSNBC Military Analyst Gen. Barry McCaffrey (Ret.) said that the US’ support of Jordan was “probably inadequate” on Thursday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports.” “I do think we’ve made gestures on too many of these fronts. We clearly need to up the

Islamic State jihadists are accusing Kurdish Peshmerga forces of using “poisonous gas” to execute civilians in Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul.

Kurdish forces backed by U.S.-led airstrikes drove Islamic State jihadists out of the strategic Syrian town of Kobani along the Turkish border, after months of fighting.

On Saturday, the Fox News Channel’s “Justice with Judge Jeanine” host Judge Jeanine Pirro argued that the United States should arm Muslims fighting against extremists “to the teeth.” “After this week’s brutal terror attacks in France, hopefully everybody now gets

The government of the Czech Republic has sent 5,000 anti-tank missiles to Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters waging a fierce battle against Islamic State jihadists on the ground, Kurdish news agency Bas News reports. Peshmerga forces, with the help of U.S.-led airstrikes, won