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Syria News - Sep 26, 2014

By bartolo - Posted on 26 September 2014

PYD leader warns about Kobani genocide, asks the international community to arm YPG fighters or at least sell them weapons - BAS NEWS

YPG calls for airstrikes to protect Kobani, “Although IS heavy weapons are visible to everyone, they have not yet been targeted” - BAS NEWS

Text of the YPG press statement: if US coalition helps Kurds in Kobani they will provide intel on IS positions - Pieter Van Ostaeyen on Twitter

Besieged Kurds in Syria and Iraq see the United States' bombing campaign against the Islamic State as a good start, but not enough - foreignpolicy

Kurds say they pushed back Islamic State in northern Syria - Reuters

Islamic State Would Tighten Its Rule in Eastern Syria by Capturing Kobane - Businessweek

VIDEO: The Islamic State use heavy weapons to kill Kurdish fighters in Syria - YouTube

VIDEO: Kurd refugees in Turkey return to Syria to fight IS group - usatoday.com

President Barzani: Peshmerga didn’t have a Way to Enter Kobani - BAS NEWS

Turkey party leaders going to Kobani border to support the Kurds - ANF

Who’s Fighting IS? Kurdish Forces in the Regional Conflict - Bipartisan Policy Center

Woman uses hidden camera to expose life in Raqqa under Islamic State (VIDEO) - CSMonitor.com

Militant in Syria beheading videos identified: FBI - Reuters

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Kurds see Turkey impeding Islamic State fight - AP

Turkey's Kurds Warn Ankara's Syria Policy Threatens Peace Process - VOA

Exclusive: PKK military commander threatens to resume war with Turkey - Al-Monitor

VIDEO: PYD Claims Erdogan Regime in Ankara is in Bed with Terrorist Groups in Syria - YouTube

Turkey deploys tanks on its borders to control refugees from Syria, hold back Kurds trying to go in the opposite direction to fight IS - Daily Mail

VIDEO: Turkish tanks cross the border under IS flag, into areas held by the terrorist group - ANF

Turkey mulls security zone along Syria border - Al-Monitor

Turkey Prevents Humanitarian Aid From Iraqi Kurds Reaching Kobani - freerepublic.com

VIDEO: Kurdistan Regional Government sends 12 aid trucks to Kobani - CİHAN

Thousands of IS members allegedly crossed border from Turkey a day before the attack on Kobani began - ANF

Erdoğan to discuss Turkish involvement in IS strikes with cabinet, official says it is “unlikely that Turkey, its airspace, or the Incirlik Air Base would be used by coalition forces” - ASHARQ AL-AWSAT

VIDEO: Turkey’s President Erdogan statement at the U.N. - NYTimes.com

Obama calls President Erdoğan to discuss IS, Syria - Yahoo News

Turkey's possible role in anti-IS coalition dominates Erdoğan-Biden meeting - CİHAN

US embassy issues security warning for personnel in Turkey, warns Americans of risk of attacks in Turkey Eastern and Southeastern provinces near the borders with Syria and Iraq - Stripes

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U.S. says airstrikes have crippled most oil refineries seized by Islamic State in Syria - The Washington Post

VIDEO: In press briefing Pentagon says Syrian refinery airstrikes believed to be successful - Yahoo News

VIDEO: Airstrikes Target IS Oil Refineries - DoDNEWS

MAP: Location of the IS controlled oil refineries in eastern Syria hit by the US and its Arab allies - theguardian.com

Pentagon puts ISIS costs at $7M to $10M per day - TheHill

Pentagon: No evidence that airstrikes killed civilians despite reports - LA Times

U.S. Reassured Syria’s Assad in Back-Channel Message - Bloomberg

Assad exploits airstrikes to sweep through 40 villages - The Times

Syrian government says it's retaken key city Adra near Damascus - LA Times

Syrian rebel groups unite to fight IS, say the strikes must also hit Assad's forces - CNN.com

[The now sidelined] Supreme Military Council (SMC) condemns US-led strikes in Syria as only benefiting the regime - Charles Lister on Twitter

Syria: Suqur al-Sham of the Islamic Front condemns U.S. airstrikes - Aymenn J Al-Tamimi on Twitter

IF's Ahrar al-Sham, Liwa al-Tawheed , Liwa al-Haq , Islamic Union (Non-IF) release statement against strikes in Syria - SyriaConflictMonitor on Twitter

US-backed Forqat 13 issues statement condemning US-led airstrikes as “aimed at weakening the revolution” in Syria - Charles Lister on Twitter

Key Aleppo FSA faction Jaish al-Mujahideen say strikes are “a conspiracy vs. the Syria revolution - Charles Lister on Twitter

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