Tag: Kurds

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ISIS uses hostage to debunk claims about strategic town

Charles Hoskinson · October 27, 2014 8:57 pm

Smoke rises after a blast in the Syrian town of Kobani on October 23. (Getty images/Kutluhan Cucel)

The Islamic State fights for Kobani

Austin Bay · October 23, 2014 9:38 pm

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Iraq’s Kurds approve sending fighters to Kobani

Charles Hoskinson · October 22, 2014 10:18 pm

Turkish soldiers on a tank hold their position on a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, overlooking Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, Oct. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Pentagon more optimistic about Kobani

Charles Hoskinson · October 21, 2014 10:18 pm

This frame grab from undated video uploaded by militants shows an Islamic State group militant looking through some items from a seized cache of weapons airdropped by U.S.-led coalition forces. The weapons were meant to supply Kurdish militiamen battling the extremist group in the Syrian town of Kobani, near the border with Turkey, activists said Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. The video appeared authentic and corresponded to The Associated Press' reporting of the event. (AP Photo)

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IS fighters seize weapons cache meant for Kurds

Diaa Hadid · October 21, 2014 6:07 pm

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U.S. drops arms to Kobani fighters

Charles Hoskinson · October 20, 2014 2:40 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives at the airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Monday Oct. 20, 2014, for the inauguration of new Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and meetings with other regional leaders. Kerry is in Indonesia for a brief visit aimed at building Asian support for the fights against Islamic State extremists and the deadly Ebola virus. (AP Photo/Brian Snyder, Pool)

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Kerry: ‘Irresponsible’ not to aid Kurds against IS

Matthew Lee · October 20, 2014 11:26 am

Smoke from a fire rises following a strike in Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, as seen from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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US airdrops arms to Kurds in Syrian town of Kobani

Robert Burns · October 20, 2014 8:08 am

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U.S. strikes more Islamic State targets in Syrian city of Kobani

Sean Higgins · October 18, 2014 8:48 pm

FILE - This undated image posted on Aug. 27, 2014 by the Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group, a Syrian opposition group, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows fighters of the Islamic State group waving the group's flag from a damaged display of a government fighter jet following the battle for the Tabqa air base, in Raqqa, Syria. The Islamic State group is test flying, with the help of former Iraqi air force pilots, several fighter jets captured earlier from air bases belonging to the Syrian military, a Syrian activist group said Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. The report by the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights could not be independently confirmed, and U.S. official said they had no reports of Islamic State group militants flying jets in support of their forces on the ground.(AP Photo/ Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group)

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Former Iraqi pilots train IS fighters on MiG jets

Diaa Hadid · October 17, 2014 7:08 pm

US meets with Syrian Kurds linked to terror group

Lara Jakes · October 16, 2014 7:26 pm

People gather on a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, to watch fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group in Kobani, Syria, over the border, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Kurds hold their own against militants in Syria

LEFTERIS PITARAKISZEINA KARAM · October 15, 2014 8:56 pm