Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Kurds seize Iraq/Syria border post; Sunni tribe joins fight against Islamic State

Volunteers with Kurdish peshmerga forces clash with Islamic State militants in the town of Daquq, south of Kirkuk, September 30, 2014. REUTERS-Ako Rasheed

A British Tornado fighter jet lands at the British Royal Air Force's (RAF) Akrotiri base in Cyprus September 28, 2014. Two British fighter jets on a mission to Iraq returned to an air base in Cyprus on Sunday after four hours from take off, but the details of their mission were not immediately clear nor whether the planes had carried out air strikes or surveillance. REUTERS-Andreas Manolis

BY ISABEL COLES AND JONNY HOGG-ARBIL Iraq/MURSITPINAR Turkey Tue Sep 30, 2014

(Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdish troops drove Islamic State fighters from a strategic border crossing with Syria on Tuesday and won the support of members of a major Sunni tribe, in one of the biggest successes since U.S. forces began bombing the fighters.
Kurds Seize Iraq Syria Border Post Sunni Tribe Joins Fight Against Islamic State by Thavam