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Kurds oust IS from Syria's Kobane as civilian toll mounts

Kurds oust IS from Syria's Kobane as civilian toll mounts
Rita Daou | 06/28/2015 | Politics
BEIRUT, LEBANON, Rita Daou- Kurdish forces drove Islamic State group fighters from the flashpoint Syrian border town of Kobane on Saturday, after a killing spree by the jihadists left more than 200 civilians dead. Forces of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) stormed IS's last remaining...
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IS kills 164 civilians in assault on Syria's Kobane

IS kills 164 civilians in assault on Syria's Kobane
Rana Moussaoui | 06/26/2015 | Politics
BEIRUT, LEBANON, Rana Moussaoui- The Islamic State group killed 164 civilians in its offensive on the Kurdish town of Kobane, in what a monitor Friday called one of the jihadists' "worst massacres" in Syria. The killing spree, which took place mostly inside Kobane itself, was widely seen as...
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Retaking Syria's Kobane a 'big deal': Kerry

Retaking Syria's Kobane a 'big deal': Kerry
AFP | 02/01/2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- Kurdish fighters' success in recapturing the key Syrian town of Kobane from Islamic State jihadists was a "big deal," US Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday. Kerry, speaking during a trilateral meeting with his Mexican and Canadian counterparts in Boston, noted...
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After Kobane's capture, refugees return blocked

Burak Akinci with Bulent Kilic | 01/29/2015 | News
SURUC, TURKEY- Burak Akinci with Bulent Kilic in Kobane- The fierce battle for the Syrian border town of Kobane is over, but for refugees in Turkey desperate to return home the massive destruction and ongoing fighting means they still must wait. "We all want to go home. But go home to what?" asked...
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Turkey walks tightrope over Kobane after peshmerga deployment

Turkey walks tightrope over Kobane after peshmerga deployment
Stuart Williams | 11/07/2014 | Politics
ISTANBUL, TURKEY, Stuart Williams- Turkey is pursuing a delicate but dangerous strategy after allowing peshmerga fighters to transit its soil to the besieged Syrian town of Kobane, fearing Kurdish domination of northern Syria but also risking the collapse of the peace process with Turkish Kurds....
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Iraqi fighters lift spirits in Syria siege town

Mohamad Al Ghandour with Sara Hussein | 11/02/2014 | Politics
SURUC, TURKEY, Mohamad Al Ghandour with Sara Hussein in Beirut- Iraqi peshmerga fighters prepared Saturday to join the fight against jihadists for the Syrian border town of Kobane, lifting the spirits of Kurdish defenders in the highly symbolic battle. The roughly 150 Iraqi fighters, many chanting...
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Peshmerga bolster Kurd defenders of Syrian town

Peshmerga bolster Kurd defenders of Syrian town
AFP | 10/31/2014 | News
SURUC, TURKEY- Kurdish peshmerga reinforcements entered Syria from Turkey late Friday to bolster defenders in the key border town of Kobane which is under assault by Islamic State group jihadists. Some 150 Iraqi peshmerga fighters left a Turkish military warehouse to head across the border and join...
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Kurds thwart new IS bid to cut off Syria's Kobane

Fulya Ozerkan with Serene Assir in Beirut | 10/27/2014 | News
MURSITPINAR, TURKEY, Fulya Ozerkan with Serene Assir in Beirut- Kurdish forces thwarted a new attempt Sunday by Islamic State group fighters to cut off the Syrian town of Kobane from the border with Turkey before Iraqi Kurdish reinforcements can deploy. The pre-dawn assault marked the fourth...
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US-led strikes kill more than 500 militants in Syria

US-led strikes kill more than 500 militants in Syria
Fulya Ozerkan with Mohamad Ali Harissi | 10/23/2014 | Politics
MURSITPINAR, TURKEY, Fulya Ozerkan with Mohamad Ali Harissi in Beirut, US-led air strikes in Syria were reported Thursday to have killed more than 500 jihadists in a month, as Kurdish fighters readied to reinforce the embattled border town of Kobane. The battle for Kobane has become crucial for...
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