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Kobani
Islamic State Group Losing Ground in Symbolic Kobani Battle
BEIRUT—With more than a thousand militants killed and territory slipping away, the Islamic State group is losing its grip on the Syrian border town of Kobani under intense U.S.-led airstrikes ...
January 14, 2015
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Bassem Mroue
Kurdish Forces Lift ISIS Siege on Mount Sinjar, Advance in Syria and Iraq
Kurdish fighters advanced on the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria on Saturday, pushing into the contested, ...
December 20, 2014
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Bassem Mroue
Islamic State Attacks Kobani From Turkey
The Islamic State group launched an attack Saturday on the Syrian border town of Kobani from Turkey — ...
November 29, 2014
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Bassem Mroue
Biden Announces New Aid for Syrian Refugees
Vice President Joe Biden and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan emerged from a nearly four-hour meeting Saturday, offering ...
November 22, 2014
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Deb Riechmann
Iraqi Kurds in Kobani ‘Temporarily’
Iraqi Kurdish forces will only stay in Syria "temporarily" to help reinforce fellow Kurds fighting to defend the ...
November 2, 2014
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Vivian Salama
Kobani Front: Iraqi Peshmerga Fighters Prepare to Battle ISIS in Syria
An official for the main Syrian Kurdish force says Iraqi peshmerga fighters are getting ready for the battle ...
November 1, 2014
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Bassem Mroue
Small Iraqi Peshmerga Force Enters Syrian Town
A vanguard force of Iraqi peshmerga troops entered the embattled Syrian border town of Kobani from Turkey on ...
October 30, 2014
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Elena Becatoros
Peshmerga Troops Cheered by Fellow Kurds in Turkey
Iraqi peshmerga troops were cheered Wednesday by fellow Kurds in southeastern Turkey as the fighters slowly made their ...
October 29, 2014
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Elena Becatoros
Syrian Activists Say Kobani Death Toll Passes 800
A Syrian activist group said Sunday that the death toll in 40 days of fighting in and around ...
October 26, 2014
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Bassem Mroue
Extremists Launch New Attack on Syrian Border Town
Fighters from the Islamic State group launched Saturday a new offensive on the northern Syrian town of Kobani ...
October 25, 2014
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Elena Becatoros
Female Soldiers Rare in the Muslim World, but Now Fight Islamic State
Just over a year ago, Afshin Kobani was a teacher. Now, the Kurdish Syrian woman has traded the ...
October 25, 2014
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Bassem Mroue
Iraqi Kurdish Lawmakers Authorized Its Peshmerga Fighters to Help Syrian Kurds
Lawmakers in Iraq's largely autonomous Kurdish region Wednesday authorized peshmerga forces to go to neighboring Syria and help ...
October 22, 2014
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Zeina Karam
Syrian Kurds Press Hundreds of Young Into Army but Lack Equipment
In its battle for the Syrian town of Kobani, the Islamic State group enjoys a key advantage: a ...
October 16, 2014
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Vivian Salama
Syria Kurd Official Asks World for Arms to Defend Kobani
Idriss Nassan, deputy head of Kobani's foreign relations committee said coalition airstrikes were "effective" but not enough to ...
October 16, 2014
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Ryan Lucas
Kurds Hold Position Against ISIL Advance in Syria
Intensified U.S.-led airstrikes and a determined Kurdish military force on the ground appear to have had some success ...
October 15, 2014
BY
Lefteris Pitarakis
US-Led Airstrikes Near Kobani Killed Hundreds of ISIL Militants
A barrage of U.S.-led airstrikes in and around the Syrian city of Kobani, including 39 over the past ...
October 15, 2014
BY
Robert Burns
Syrian Kurds Feel Abandoned as Kobani Battle Rages
Kneeling over his brother's fresh grave, Ali Mehmud gathered clumps of dirt in his hands, raised them to ...
October 14, 2014
BY
Ryan Lucas
Kurds Describe Fierce Battles on Streets of Kobani
SURUC, Turkey—The shells were already roaring down on the Kurdish fighters from the hill above Kobani when more ...
October 12, 2014
BY
Ryan Lucas
Despite Demands, Syria No-Fly Zone a No-Go for US
The Obama administration's promise to limit U.S. military engagement against Islamic State militants makes it difficult to accept ...
October 11, 2014
BY
Bradley Klapper
Turkey, Kurds Tensions Worry US in Fight for Kobani
Even as it prods Turkey to step up in the global fight against Islamic State militants, the United ...
October 9, 2014
BY
Matthew Lee
Airstrikes Push Jihadists Back in Syrian Town
New U.S.-led airstrikes near the Syrian border town of Kobani have helped Kurdish fighters push back the Islamic ...
October 8, 2014
BY
Lefteris Pitarakis
Turkey Says Islamic State About to Capture Syrian Border Town
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says coalition airstrikes have not halted the advance of Islamic State forces.
October 7, 2014
BY
Ryan Lucas
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Katie Spence
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