American pilots call it "going Winchester," when a warplane drops every bomb on board, and air crews for the B-1 bomber told AFP it was not uncommon in the battle for the Syrian town of Kobane, ...

TURKEY: Fighting raged in the Syrian border town of Kobane on Saturday after militants launched a new assault on Kurdish militia bolstered by the arrival of heavily armed Iraqi peshmerga forces. The ...

The fierce battle for the Syrian border town of Kobane continues with Islamic State (IS) fighters attacking Kurdish forces with mortars and car bombs, local sources say. Islamic State militants who ...

If you relied only on the media, you could be forgiven for thinking that the focus of the fight against ISIS has been on the Syrian city of Kobane. This is thanks to the easy access for international ...

A celebrated Kurdish female fighter who bravely commanded an all-female resistance force against ISIS in the besieged city of Kobane is believed to have been killed by the militant group. Hebun Sinya, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

As the battle against Islamic State fighters draws in viewers across the world, there has been some attention given to the men and women resisting them in northern Syria. The Syrian part of Kurdistan, ...

Spectators have gathered on the hills overlooking the key border town of Kobane, where Kurdish fighters are attempting to hold off the advance of Islamic State militants People stare and watch at ...