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Syria News - June 23, 2015

By bartolo - Posted on 22 June 2015

On the offensive Syrian Kurds push deeper into Islamic State territory, seize military base - Yahoo News

Kurds announce their forces gained five more villages from Islamic State militants near the towns of Tel Abyad and Suluk in Raqqa province - nrttv

Kurds find Islamic State tunnel near Turkish border - US News

Kurds find torture center, prison cells of ISIL in Tal Abyad - hurriyetdailynews.com

Free from ISIS, Kurdish refugees return from Turkey to their villages to rebuild (PHOTOS) - Daily Mail Online

VIDEO: Thousands of refugees cross back into Syria from Turkey - Reuters

Kurdish leader Salih Muslim denies YPG committed ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Tel Abyad - Kurdpress News Aganecy

Is there 'systematic ethnic cleansing' by Kurds in north-east Syria? - Kobani Kurd

Analysis: Tel Abyad gives the Syrian Kurds control of 250-mile border with Turkey cutting off ISIS supply routes as well as uniting two of their three cantons - ROAR Magazine

After Tell Abyad, what's next for PYD? - Al-Monitor

YPG would not attack IS’s capital Raqqa: spokesman - Kurdpress News Aganecy

Syrian Kurds' morale high but arms needed, YPJ commander - ANSAMed.it

Kurds seek Canadian military, financial support in fight against ISIL: ‘Time to see something concrete’ - National Post

Syrian Kurdish Leader Salih Muslim Allegedly Holds Secret Meeting With Iraqi PM Abadi - basnews.com

VIDEO: 'Revolution within revolution’: How and why Kurdish women are fighting ISIS (DOCUMENTARY) — RT News

Suicide attack hit Kurdish security center in Syria's Qamishli - ARA News

ISIS scrambles to bolster Raqqa defense - now.mmedia.me

Islamic State covers A-Raqqa city with surveillance cameras - Syria Direct

Syria: ISIS Beheads Leader of Al Qaeda Offshoot Nusra Front in Raqqa - IBTimes

VIDEO: ISIS behead in public al-Nusra Fighter - LiveLeak.com

ISIS fighters show off their hearty meal while those in Raqqa queue for food (PHOTOS, VIDEO) - Daily Mail Online

Syrian army advances west of ISIS-controlled Palmyra - THE DAILY STAR

ISIS militants plant mines and bombs in Palmyra: activists - THE DAILY STAR

VIDEO: ISIS militants lay explosives in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra - YouTube

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Tel Abyad battle could give blueprint for success against ISIS in Syria and Iraq, coordination between the coalition and Kurdish command - CNN

Coalition General Praises Kurdish Forces in Iraq and Syria - basnews.com

Pentagon: Military airstrikes hit ISIL in Syria and Iraq, Near Tal Abyad five airstrikes struck one large and four small ISIL units - Defense.gov

Turkey Warns US About Kurdish Advances in Syria - VOA

Main points of the document on Syrian Kurds, prepared by Turkey Foreign Ministry and obtained by daily Hürriyet - Hürriyet

US says Turkey main transit route for Syria-bound foreign fighters - todayszaman.com

Captured fighter details Islamic State's Turkey connection - Al-Monitor

VIDEO (English subtitles): Captured fighter details Islamic State's Turkey connection - YouTube

After Tal Abyad was recaptured by Kurdish forces former Islamic State recruits ask for amnesty in homelands - Rudaw

Pentagon pays Syrian rebels $400 per month to fight ISIS - usatoday.com

Syrian Opposition Fighters Withdraw from US 'Train and Equip' Program - syrianobserver.com

Here’s how badly the Pentagon effort to train Syrian rebels is lagging - The Washington Post

Military Council of the Free Syrian Army and Nusra Front form new coalition - Worldbulletin News

Syrian rebels split over coalition al-Qaeda links - Middle East Eye

Over 100 jihadist training camps identified in Iraq and Syria - The Long War Journal

Syria fuel shortages due to rebel infighting threaten lives: MSF - THE DAILY STAR

Syrian military and Druze allies join forces to fend off 'terrorists' - LA Times

Golan Druze attack Israeli army ambulance carrying wounded Syrian rebels - Yahoo News

ARCHIVE: Nusra Front Militants Kill Druze Villagers In Syria - Reuters

ISIL recruit allegedly planned U.S. assassinations - USA TODAY

European police team to take on ISIS social media propaganda - THE DAILY STAR

Twitter, YouTube analysis pinpoints ISIS strategy - THE DAILY STAR

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