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Syria/Turkey News - Oct 14, 2014

By bartolo - Posted on 13 October 2014

U.S., Saudi Arabia Continue to Conduct Airstrikes Against Islamic State in Kobani - Defense.gov

Airstrikes against IS militants in Kobani jointly manned by Iraqi Kurdistan region and US air force with information provided by PYD - BAS NEWS

VIDEO: U.S. Air Strikes Create Huge Smoke Cloud Over Kobani - YouTube

Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government Nechirvan Barzani: We have sent weapons to Kobane - Kurdish Question

Kurds Meet to Form a Joint Military Force of All Parties in Syria, This is a Condition of the US for Arming the Fighters - BAS NEWS

Woman fighter leads battle against Islamic State in Syria' Kobane (PHOTOS) - Daily Mail Online

VIDEO: Female Kurdish fighters inside Kobani - LiveLeak.com

Women Fight IS and Sexism in Kurdish Regions - NYTimes.com

PYD rounds up conscripts for battle against Islamic State - Rudaw

Hundreds of European Kurds join Peshmerga and YPG - Rudaw

Petition urges US to arm Kobani Kurds against Islamic State - APA

Kurdish Protesters Got Arrested While Marching for Kobane in London - VICE United Kingdom

Liwa Thuwar Raqqa (ex-Jabhat al-Nusra affiliate) working w/ YPG against IS in Kobani - Aymenn J Al-Tamimi on Twitter

FSA Northern Storm Brigade's statement against the Kurds in Kobane - justpaste.it

IS now under attack from White Shroud guerillas in Syria - Daily Mail Online

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Witnesses Describe Alleged Jihadist Horror in Kobane, Atrocities Include Beheadings, Amputations, Eye Gouging - breitbart.com

Islamic State now controls half of Kobane including the cultural centre: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights - smh.com.au

MAP, PHOTOS: Map of the IS and YPG positions in Kobane, Photos of the Cultural Centre - BARE NAKED ISLAM

Three Islamic State suicide attacks hit Kobane - Reuters

PHOTOS: IS suicide bomber Abu Nouh strikes PKK/PYD strongholds with his VBIED truck in Kobane - أبو مصطفى الأنباري on Twitter

Gruesome photos may show IS using chemical weapons on Kurds, report says - Fox News

MERIA Special Report: Did IS Use Chemical Weapons Against the Kurds in Kobani (PHOTOS)? - gloria-center.org

In the New Issue of its Dabiq Magazine, Islamic State Officially Admits to Enslaving Yazidi Women - Syria Comment

Full text of the fourth installment of IS official publication Dabiq, This issue is titled “The Failed Crusade” - ia601403.us.archive.org

Iraq: Forced Marriage, Conversion for Yezidis (VIDEO) - Human Rights Watch

Genocide: 10 Reasons Why Ezidis Refuse to Return to Shingal - The Kurdistan Tribune

With the Syrian Army at Adra, Shell-Shocked Syrian Town Freed After Savage Jihadist Massacre - CounterPunch

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Ankara denies reaching agreement on İncirlik with US, granting use of the air base for military operations against the Islamic State - todayszaman

Turkish foreign minister says corridor allowing weapons and fighters from Turkey to help Kobane is ‘unrealistic': France 24 - Yahoo News

Exclusive: interview of Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu with FRANCE 24 - YouTube

Erdoğan: Wiping out IS not enough, Assad the real target - Daily Sabah

Erdogan slams modern 'Lawrence of Arabias' in MidEast - THE DAILY STAR

Turkish troops allegedly threaten YPG at border - ANF

Huge amount of explosives ‘that could destroy a city’ seized in southeast Turkey, Police are considering the possibility that it could belong to IS - hurriyetdailynews

Kurdish Rebels Assail Turkish Inaction on IS as Peril to Peace Talks - NYTimes.com

VIDEO: Kobane strains Turkey’s fragile Kurdish peace process - France 24

Turkish PM: Government to toughen measures against street violence - hurriyetdailynews

Three German reporters freed after arrest while covering a pro-Kurdish protest - ekurd

Report: Little sympathy in Istanbul for Kurds amid IS group aggression (VIDEO) - France 24

Barzani: Turkey sent secret arms shipment to Kurdistan, “In fact, we expected more from Turkey compared to what they did” - BAS NEWS

Turkey, Saudi Arabia giving terrorists WMDs, Syria claims - RT News

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