Syrian Kurds have been struggling for weeks against better-armed IS fighters, with US-led air strikes helping the former avoid defeat.
Free from the Islamic State, Syria's Kobani now lies in ruins.
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A new United Nations report warns that the Islamic State militant group possesses enough arms, ammunition and vehicles to wage its war in Iraq and Syria for up to 2 years.
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Women make up 40 per cent of the entire Kurdish militia
We bring you a collection of some of the best photographs taken this week by ace Reuters photographers.
15 photographs of events that occurred in the previous week.
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Obama asks Congress to grant war powers; vows defeat of Islamic State.
The US and its allies must evolve a more comprehensive long-term plan to defeat the new danger that the caliphate poses to the world order. And India too must do its bit for course correction, says strategic expert Gurmeet Kanwal.
Here are some of the best photographs clicked across the globe in the month of October.
Here's a glimpse at what happened around the world last week
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