Clashes erupted between the Lebanese army and Sunni gunmen in the northern city of Tripoli following the arrest of a suspected ISIS leader in an army raid.
The Assad regime dubiously claims to be aiding the Kurdish defenders of ISIS-besieged Kobani—a transparent attempt at an Arab-versus-Kurdish divide-and-rule stratagem.
The US has started to air-drop weapons to Kurdish forces defending Kobani against ISIS—opening a new set of contradictions for the Rojava autonomous zone.
As PKK militia beat back ISIS at Kobani, the Syrian opposition increasingly looks to Turkey's President Erdogan as an ally against Bashar Assad. Yet another betrayal of the Kurds?
Kurdish fighters at Kobani are starting to gain ground against ISIS forces, days after the jihadists penetrated the besieged town in northern Syria.
Iraqi government-backed Shi'ite militia have been committing war crimes and abducting and murdering "scores" of Sunni men, Amnesty International finds.
Turkish fighter jets carried out air-strikes on supposed PKK positions near the Iraqi border, with Ankara claiming Kurdish militants attacked a military base in the area.
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine issued a statement calling for solidarity with the Kurdish resistance against ISIS and its "imperialist supporters."
The Anbar Tribal Council warns that the western Iraqi governorate is 80% under control of ISIS, and remaining tribal fighters could be routed without urgent intervention.
With desperate street-to-street fighting underway in Kobani between ISIS and Kurdish militia, nearly 30 have been killed in Kurdish protests across Turkey.
As ISIS forces penetrated Kobani, Kurds across Turkey took to the streets in angry protests at Ankara's inaction, leaving several dead in street clashes.
As the PKK continues its desperate resistance against ISIS at Kobani, Turkish troops gather on the nearby border—to prevent Kurdish fighters from coming to the town's aid.
