Women make up 40 per cent of the entire Kurdish militia
Free from the Islamic State, Syria's Kobani now lies in ruins.
Presenting some of the best photographs from around the world in the last 48 hours.
Here's a collection of some of the best photos from around the world shot in the last 24 hours
Her name is Mayssa Abdo and she has set social media abuzz for her role defending the Syrian border town of Kobane against invading Islamic fighters.
Women in war-torn countries battle on the front lines
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the IS extremist group was the "likely perpetrator" of the bomb attack in Gaziantep.
Rediff.com looks at the lives of children in Syria.
The Iraqi forces defeated by IS fighters in their takeover of Ramadi were not outnumbered and in fact showed "no will to fight.
Awesome photos of the month: February Here are some of the best photographs clicked across the globe in the month of February.
Here's a look at the 10 most dangerous countries in the world.
The ninth edition of the Global Peace Index, which ranks the nations of the world according to their level of peacefulness, has ranked Syria as the most dangerous country in the world.
The number of people killed in acts of terror reached a record high last year, with almost four in five of these deaths occurring in just five countries, new research shows.
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