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A Turkish Kurd uses binoculars in Mursitpinar, on the outskirts of Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, as he watches the intensified fighting between militants of the Islamic State group and Kurdish forces in Kobani, Syria, background, Wednesday, Oct. 8 Oct. 7, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab and its surrounding areas have been under attack since mid-September, with militants capturing dozens of nearby Kurdish villages. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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US, allies chafing at Turkish inaction on Syria

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Turkey cracks down on oil smuggling linked to IS
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Turkey cracks down on oil smuggling linked to IS

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Turkey cracks down on oil smuggling linked to IS
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Turkey cracks down on oil smuggling linked to IS

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Kurds see Turkey impeding Islamic State fight
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Kurds see Turkey impeding Islamic State fight

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Syrian refugees in Turkey reach 150,000
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Syrian refugees in Turkey reach 150,000

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Islamic State offensive poses problems for Turkey
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Islamic State offensive poses problems for Turkey

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Dalil Boras, a 19-year-old Kurdish militant who has been fighting the Islamic State group in Syria, speaks to the Associated Press in Suruc, Turkey, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014. Dalil brought his family over the border to Turkey to safety Sunday. But in the tranquility of a Turkish tea garden a few miles from the border, he vowed to head back to the fight Sunday night. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
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Syria refugee flood to Turkey hits 100,000

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In this Friday, Sept. 12, 2014 photo released by the Turkish Prime Ministry, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, listens to Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Ankara, Turkey. Turkey is the big Muslim power that sits atop raging conflicts in Iraq and Syria, so it might be expected to take a leading role in the NATO coalition announced this month to take on the Islamic State group. Instead it told allies that it would stay quietly behind the scenes, keeping its soldiers out of combat operations and even declining to allow NATO to use its bases or territories to launch air attacks.(AP Photo/Turkish Presidency)
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Turkey seeks behind-scene role in NATO coalition

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Turkey in talks to free captives in Iraq
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Turkey in talks to free captives in Iraq

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Miners close an entrance to their coal mine in Soma, Turkey, Sunday, May 18, 2014. Eighteen people, including company executives, have been detained as Turkish officials investigate the mining disaster that killed 301 people, a domestic news agency reported Sunday.(AP Photo/Depo Photos)
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3 face charges in Turkey mine disaster amid anger

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