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Iraq/Syria News - Sep 16, 2014

By bartolo - Posted on 15 September 2014

Iraq wins pledge of global military support against Islamic State at the international meeting in Paris - THE DAILY STAR

Iraqi Leader Asks World Powers to Pursue Islamic State in Syria - Alaska Dispatch

VIDEO: World’s Top Diplomats Pledge Iraq Support - VOA

White House claims Arab nations offer to join airstrikes against IS in Iraq, Syria - Fox News

French Rafale Fighter Jets Fly over Iraq as Anti-Islamic State Paris Summit Begins - Yahoo News UK

First U.S. airstrikes near Baghdad in expanded Iraq fight - US News

Airstrikes Have Halted Islamic State in Iraq, U.S. Says - WSJ

POLLS: Obama’s Iraq policy gains bipartisan support, polls show - LA Times

Rights group calls for probe into Iraqi airstrike that killed 31 civilians, including 24 children - US News

Iraq: Survivors Describe Government Airstrike - Human Rights Watch

Iraq′s prime minister halts airstrikes in civilian areas - DW.DE

Kerry: Airstrikes against Islamic State would be ‘deconflicted’ with Syria, but there would be no formal cooperation or coordination - The Washington Post

AP Sources: US would hit back against Assad if he were to go after American planes launching airstrikes in his country - ABC News

US covertly giving Assad intel on Islamic State, regime daily claims - The Times of Israel

Intelligence operation focuses on Syria's Raqqa in Jihadi John hunt (PHOTOS) - Mail Online

VIDEO: Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister 'Action against Islamic State should include Syria’ - BBC News

US rejects military cooperation with Iran in Iraq, open to talks - Yahoo News

Iran supreme leader spurns U.S. overture to fight Islamic State - Reuters

Iraq FM says 'regrets' Iran not invited to Paris conference - Yahoo News

Iran fills key role in battling Islamic State in Iraq - LA Times

Hezbollah vows to destroy Islamic State in Syria - The Times of Israel

Turkish military weighs 'buffer zone' against Iraq, Syria threats: media - Reuters

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House Republicans drafting resolution to authorize training and arming of Syrian rebels - WashingtonExaminer.com

Syria's 'moderate' rebels say they need weapons, not training - Reuters

Lobbyists For Syrian Rebels To Woo Congress For Funding In Closed-Door Meeting - huffingtonpost.com

IS Strikes Non-Aggression Deal With ‘Moderate' Syrian Rebels: Reports - huffingtonpost.com

White House Denies Truce Between Syrian Rebels And IS - huffingtonpost.com

A statement from Jamal Marouf, leader of Syrian Revolutionary Front, denying his group signed a truce with IS - Hassan Hassan on Twitter

‘Moderate’ Syrian Revolutionaries Front continues to support al Qaeda - Uprootedpalestinians's Blog

Wow. US-backed Syrian Revolutionary Front rebels killed & crucified 2 apparent IS suicide bombers - Charles Lister on Twitter

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Kurdish fighters capture several Syrian villages amid heavy fighting with Islamic State, “We are fighting, on behalf of the world, the terrorism” - AP

YPG statement on recent clashes with IS - LiveLeak.com

Kurdistan Prime Minister Barzani and PKK leaders Discusse Joint Force Against IS - Rudaw

Peshmerga and Syrian Kurdish Forces Agree to Fight Together in the push to retake Yezidi town from Islamic State - Rudaw

West Widens Contacts With Syria's Kurds But Suspicion Remains - Business Insider

Analysis: YPG - the Islamic State's worst enemy - IHS Jane's 360

Peshmerga Forces Recruit Christian Fighters, says Local Official - Rudaw

Peshmerga's Spokesman: US will build two military sites to attack the Islamic State, one in Erbil - National Iraqi News Agency

VIDEO: On the Peshmerga front line in the fight against IS - BBC News

VIDEO (English Sub): IS running away from Kurds - Rudaw

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Barbaric IS earning $3m a day: Experts - AP

U.S. Targets Islamic State’s Lucrative Oil Smuggling Operations - oilprice.com

Islamic State fighters drawing on oil assets for funding and fuel - The Washington Post

Complex Network Smuggles Oil for Islamic State - WSJ

Who All are Buying Oil from Islamic State? Possibly Everyone - ibtimes.co.in

Turkish minister denies buying smuggled oil from ISIL, slams Western reports - hurriyetdailynews

Islamic State sells ‘blood antiquities’ from Iraq and Syria to raise money - The Washington Post

How IS became the wealthiest terror group in history - The Independent

Funding ISIS Infographic - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

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