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Syria/Turkey News - Oct 18, 2014

By bartolo - Posted on 17 October 2014

Kurds are repelling Islamic State attack on Kobani with help of US air strikes - The Independent

Kurds: Islamic State 'being driven out of Syria's Kobane’ - BBC News

VIDEO: Islamic State pushed back with help of U.S. airstrikes in Kobani - CNN.com

Rights Group: More Than 600 Killed on Both Sides in Fight for Kobani - VOA

Kobani fight an opportunity to blunt Islamic State, general says - CNN.com

VIDEO: Pentagon: Expanded airstrikes show desired effects against Islamic State - YouTube

VIDEO: Full Pentagon Briefing On Operation Inherent Resolve Against Islamic State - DoD News

Kobani key to US strategy against Islamic State - Yahoo News

Why The Fight Against IS In Kobani Matters - huffingtonpost.com

Islamic State Militants Have Been Flying 3 Captured Warplanes Over Syrian Airport, Witnesses Say - Reuters

The Islamic State operating fighter aircraft, fact or fiction? - Oryx Blog

VIDEO: Expert: decades-old warplanes stand almost no chance against the modern ones of the US-led coalition - Fox News

VIDEO: This video shows the jets captured at Jarrah airbase last November by Jaish al Islam now used by the Islamic State - Brown Moses on Twitter

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula portrays US-led bombing campaign as 'Crusade' against Islam - The Long War Journal

Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula Statement: Solidarity with the Islamic State - Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi

Foreign Fighters Bring Their Kids To Join IS, But Moms Are Fighting Back - huffingtonpost.com

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In policy shift, U.S. opens direct talks with Syrian Kurds - McClatchy DC

VIDEO: State Department: U.S. holds first direct talks with Syrian Kurdish PYD party - Ohaber

Syrian Kurds Gain Importance In Campaign Against Islamic State - huffingtonpost.com

Syrian Kurdish official calls for antitank weapons for Kobani - The Boston Globe

Syrian Kurdish parties to reach an Agreement on Rojava, which will be a principle for governing jointly in Syrian Kurdistan - BAS NEWS

Interview with Ibrahim Biro, secretary-general of the Union Kurdish Party in Syria: Syrian Kurds seeking unity in face of ISIS threat - Rudaw

Kurdistan Parliament Wants KRG to Recognize Kurdish Syrian Cantons - BAS NEWS

Peshmerga train Syrian Kurd fighters in northern Iraq - Worldbulletin News

Peshmerga head speaks of struggle against IS - Al-Monitor

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Exclusive: Turkey OK’s American drones for reconnaissance to monitor Islamic State, but does not allows the use of manned aircraft - Daily Beast

Air strikes against Islamic State in Kobani are just a PR exercise, Turkey says - National Post

Turkey will not allow its citizens to fight in Kobane: PM Davutoğlu - hurriyetdailynews

Ankara outlines border of possible ‘safe zone’ inside Syria (MAP) - yenisafak.com

Islamist Terrorists Are Quiet Neighbor for Turkey 20 Miles From Kobani - Bloomberg

Kurdish militants warn of “violent conflict” if Turkish police given more powers - Rudaw

Turkey, Qatar Complicate Operation Against IS: Special Report - Fox News Channel

UNSC failure a strong message to Turkey on its faulty foreign policy - todayszaman.com

Turkey's massive corruption case dropped by prosecutor - hurriyetdailynews

HSYK inspector requests prosecutor Akkaş be barred from profession, He carried out an investigation into the corruption scandal - todayszaman

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