Kurdish peshmerga forces enter Syria's Kobani after further air strikes
Force numbers only around 150 but brings weapons and ammunition
Air strikes hit Kobani as Kurdish peshmerga prepare to enter
The predominantly Kurdish town, besieged for more than 40 days, has become focus of global war against Islamic State insurgents
Canadian journalist Matthieu Aikins awarded Kurt Schork freelance journalist prize
Kurt Schork awards were created in honour of American freelance journalist Kurt Schork, who was killed in 2000 while on assignment for Reuters in Sierra Leone
INTERVIEW-Iraqi tribal leaders' pleas for help ignored before massacre
Islamic State massacres more than 200 members of the Albu Nimr tribe in retaliation for months of resistance
Islamic State fighters kill 220 Iraqis from tribe that opposed them
Security sources and witnesses tell of two mass graves containing some of the 300 members of the Sunni Muslim Albu Nimr tribe
Iraqi Kurdish forces enter Syria to fight Islamic State
Weeks of US-led air strikes have failed to break Islamic militants' stranglehold, Kurds hope arrival of peshmerga will turn the tide
Among Syrian refugees, hidden Dom suffer war and rejection
Alongside more than a million Syrians who have fled into Turkey, one ethnic group almost 40,000 strong is fleeing not only the fighting but also persecution by fellow refugees
Situation in Syria is "appalling" getting worse -U.N.
All parts in the conflict show show "callous disregard" for millions of suffering civilians - U.N.
Kurdish convoy heads to Syria to take on Islamic State
"All the Kurds are together. We want them to go and fight in Kobani and liberate it," young Syrian Kurd says