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Nazeer Rida
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on : Sunday, 30 Nov, 2014

Kurdish forces call for Turkish investigation into ISIS Kobani attack

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Kurdish forces in Kobani have called on Ankara to carry out an immediate investigation into how Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters were able to launch a suicide attack on the city from Turkish territory on Saturday. The incident represents the first time that ISIS has launched an attack on the Syrian border town from Turkey. Four ISIS fighters blew themselves up in Kobani on Saturday, including a car bomb which targeted the Mursitpinar border cr...

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Grace Perriman
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on : Thursday, 20 Nov, 2014

Syrian refugees tortured at Turkey’s border crossings: report

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Turkey is struggling to accommodate 1.6 million Syrian refugees and its border guards have in some cases shot at Syrians trying to cross the border, said a report issued by Amnesty International on Thursday. At least 17 people have been killed by border guards using live ammunition at unofficial crossing points between December 2013 and August 2014, the human rights organization stated in its new report on Turkey’s handling of the Syrian refugee crisis. Tur...

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Asharq Al-Awsat
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on : Thursday, 20 Nov, 2014

US airstrike hits Al-Qaeda-held town in Syria

Beirut and Baghdad, AP—An overnight American-led airstrike struck Al-Qaeda militants in northwestern Syria, the US military and Syrian activists said Wednesday. The strike mar...

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Grace Perriman
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on : Tuesday, 4 Nov, 2014

ISIS tortured Kurdish child hostages: rights group

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) tortured and attempted to indoctrinate Kurdish children from the besieged Syrian town of Kobani, Human Rights...

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Asharq Al-Awsat
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on : Monday, 3 Nov, 2014

Iraqi Kurds join fight against ISIS in Kobani

Beirut and Mürşitpınar, Reuters/ِAsharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi–Kurdish fighters have joined the fight against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants in Kobani, ho...

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Asharq Al-Awsat
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on : Saturday, 1 Nov, 2014

Kurdish Peshmerga forces enter Syria’s Kobani after further air strikes

Suruc, Turkey and Baghdad, Reuters—A convoy of Iraqi Kurdish forces in Turkey rolled late on Friday across the border into Syria to help Syrian Kurds defend the besieged ...

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Asharq Al-Awsat
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on : Friday, 31 Oct, 2014

Air strikes hit Kobani as Kurdish Peshmerga prepare to enter

Suruc, Turkey, Reuters—US-led air strikes hit Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) positions around the Syrian border town of Kobani on Friday in an apparent bid to pav...

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Asharq Al-Awsat
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on : Thursday, 30 Oct, 2014

Iraqi Kurdish forces enter Syria to fight ISIS

Suruc/Beirut, Reuters—A first group of Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters entered the besieged Syrian town of Kobani on Thursday to help push back Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (...

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Asharq Al-Awsat
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on : Wednesday, 29 Oct, 2014

Iraqi Peshmerga poised to join battle against ISIS in Syria

Sanliurfa and Beirut, Reuters—Iraqi Peshmerga fighters arrived in southeastern Turkey on Wednesday en route for the Syrian town of Kobani to try to help fellow Kurds break an Isl...

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Asharq Al-Awsat
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on : Tuesday, 28 Oct, 2014

Only Syrian opposition and Peshmerga can save Kobani: Turkish PM

Ankara, Reuters—Turkey cannot be expected to send troops to defend the besieged Syrian border town of Kobani and only Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Syria's own moderat...

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