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Syria/Turkey News - Oct 16, 2014

By bartolo - Posted on 16 October 2014

Air raids slow Islamic State advance around Syria's Kobani: US military - AFP

Kurdish fighters take back swathes of Kobane as US step up airstrikes (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) - Daily Mail Online

Pentagon: Strikes near Kobani have killed hundreds of Islamic State fighters - The Washington Post

Syrian Kurds say giving targets for U.S. strikes near Kobani - Reuters

U.S. Airstrikes Cut Islamic State Oil Production by 70 Percent - Businessweek

VIDEO: Special presidential envoy General John Allen briefs reporters on U.S. efforts to combat IS militants in Iraq and Syria - C-SPAN.org

VIDEO: The U.S.-led coalition launches fresh air strikes on Islamic State in and around Kobani - Reuters

Obama 'Deeply Concerned' by IS Advances in Kobane - VICE

Remarks by the President After Meeting with Chiefs of Defense - The White House

C.I.A. Study of Covert Aid Fueled Skepticism About Helping Syrian Rebels - NYTimes.com

U.S. won’t work with current Syrian rebel groups to battle Islamic State - Columbus Ledger Enquirer

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Kurdish leaders meet to end feud and save Kobane - Rudaw

Appeal on Kobane by the newly established Joint Diplomatic Committee of several Kurdish political parties - Peace in Kurdistan

US won’t support Syrian Kurds as long as they are divided: official - Kurdpress News Aganecy

Barzani: It is very important for us as Kurds to show the world a united front, No difference between Kobane and Erbil - Kurdish Question

Kurdistan Parliament Invites Kurdish Syrian Cantons to Erbil - BAS NEWS

Iraqi Kurds say sent arms to Kobani; Syrian Kurds say they didn't arrive because Turkey would not open the transit corridor - Kurdpress News Aganecy

Iraqi Kurds to sends weapon to Kurdish fighters in Kobani in the next 24 hours, “If Turkey doesn’t respond in positive, then the weapons will be sending by planes” - BAS NEWS

France will keep delivering arms to Kurdish Syrian rebels to fight Islamic State group - Fox News

Syrian Kurds Press Hundreds of Young Men Into Army - ABC News

Dutch biker gang grabs rifles, joins Kurds in fight against ISIS - Fox News

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Syrian Kurds claim wounded fighters stranded at Turkish border, Three died while Turkish border guards refused to let them in - todayszaman

Turkey says only Syrian refugees can cross border to Kobane, but Turkish and other nationals would not be allowed - Yahoo News

Turkish opposition wants 'volunteers' in Kobani, slams President Erdogan for equating PKK with the Islamic State - Worldbulletin News

VIDEO: Turkey’s Border War (Dispatch 1) - VICE News

France calls on Turkey to open border with Kobani - Worldbulletin News

Syria harshly criticizes Turkey on buffer zones - hurriyetdailynews

160 Kobane Kurds detained in Turkey still on hunger strike - usatoday.com

İstanbul rattled by signs of IS support - todayszaman

Did Islamic State open ‘consulate’ in Turkey? - WND

Turkey eyes new police powers after pro-Kurdish protests - THE DAILY STAR

Families tell grim story of three Turkish youths killed and mutilated by Kurds - Worldbulletin News

PKK reports first Turkish air strikes against it in two years - Rudaw

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