Iraq minorities face extinction from Islamic State onslaught-report
Minority communities, including Christians, Yazidis and Turkmen, subjected to assassinations, kidnappings and sexual violence
Syrian Kurds say giving targets for U.S. strikes near Kobani
Turkey has rejected Syrian Kurds' request to open land corridor to resupply Kobani with arms and fighters
Syrian Kurds say they are indicating targets as U.S. steps up Kobani strikes
The United Nations has warned of a massacre if the Kobani falls to Islamic State militants, who now control nearly half of it
UN refugee chief says EU should let more Syrian refugees enter legally
"It breaks my heart to see Syrian families that have suffered already so much ... drown in the Mediterranean at the hands of smugglers" - Guterres
Kobani air strikes seen more accurate, Kurds give coordinates-monitor
US-led air strikes are better targeting Islamic State fighters in Kobani thanks to closer coordination with Kurdish forces, monitoring group says
Bomb training vital as Kurds retake Islamic State ground in Iraq
British veterans of Iraq war teach Kurdish forces to detect and defuse explosives on battlefield
Six months after girls abducted, Nigerians protest near president's house
Protesters demonstrate in front of president's home, urging government to do more to free them
Away from Kobani, Syria's other civil war rages on
While the focus of Western attention is on Islamic State and its attempt to take the border town of Kobani in northern Syria, other rebel groups are still clashing with government forces elsewhere in the country, according to videos uploaded to social media
Anger as wounded Kurdish fighters die stranded at Turkish border
Some 70 doctors from Turkey and Europe have descended on Suruc near border with Syria to help treat wounded