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Syria/Turkey News - Oct 20, 2014

By bartolo - Posted on 19 October 2014

US Airdrops Arms to Kurds in Syrian Town of Kobani - Foreign Policy

PYD Syrian Kurds say US discussed arms supplies in direct talks - Rudaw

US confirms sharing intelligence with Syrian Kurds against Islamic State - Kurdpress News Aganecy

US officials in contact with Syrian Kurds “for more than two years”: PYD spokesman - ASHARQ AL-AWSAT

Kobane's YPG Kurds confirm coordination between them and factions of the Free Syrian Army - Rudaw

Statement of YPG General Command on Kobani and fight against IS, affirming its coordination with factions of the Free Syrian Army - Mutlu Civiroglu

More on the FSA factions helping Kurds in fight against IS militants - Middle East Eye

We won't stop any one from defending Kobani: Salih Muslim - Kurdpress News Aganecy

FSA 1st Dawn Brigade says controls parts of Kobane in video (VIDEO) - Al Arabiya News

Fifteen-year-old boy taken captive with suspected jihadist 'shot in the head by FSA Revolutionaries of Raqqa Brigade fighting against Islamic State - The Independent

VIDEO: Here’s what's likely the child Islamic State fighter reportedly executed after being captured by the FSA faction in Kobane - Brown Moses on Twitter

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Islamic State incurs heavy losses in battle for Syrian border town Kobane - The National

Kurds: Four areas liberated from Islamic State gangs in Kobanê - ANF

VIDEO: Kurdish fighters 'recapture' parts of Kobani - YouTube

Dozens of Islamic State mortars, two car bombs pound Kobane - Al Jazeera America

There are still IS forces in Kobani: journalist tells Kurdpress - Kurdpress News Aganecy

VIDEO: This is allegedly a video that shows one of IS car bombs in security zone of Kobane today. Huge explosion - Jenan Moussa on Twitter

IS commits ‘fatal’ blunders in Kobane battle: Analyst - Al Arabiya News

My sources inside Kobane confirms: 5000 civilians are cut from food and water as we speak, caught in the middle between fighting factions - Mudar Zahran on Twitter

YPJ fighter: Aid corridor for Kobane civilians is essential - ANF

Islamic State Group Destroys Three Kobani’s Hospitals and All Ambulances - teleSUR

‘Even animals don’t do it’: Kobani siege survivors on Islamic State brutality (VIDEO) - RT News

Syrian Kurds found vile image of baby girl being 'beheaded' on phone taken from dead IS militants - ekurd

Syrian Kurdish female 'Lions' warriors terrorising Islamic State: The real story of Narin Afrini - ekurd

IS Attacks Kurdish Town of Serêkanîye - BAS NEWS

IS chief Baghdadi's video 'being reviewed' by U.S. intelligence (VIDEO, English Subtitles) - Al Arabiya News

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Erdogan opposes transfer of US arms to Kurds fighting Islamic State, "PYD is for us equal to PKK. It is a terror organization" - CSMonitor.com

No way for change to Öcalan’s prison conditions: President Erdoğan - hurriyetdailynews

Islamic State foiled in attempt to kidnap FSA leader in Turkey, raising questions on Ankara’s readiness to stop jihadists in its soil - Telegraph

200,000 Syrian Kurds find a cold reception as they flee Kobani across border into Turkey - The Independent

Camp on the Turkish-Syrian Border Funded by Kurdistan for Kobane Refugees - Rudaw

VIDEO: Kurds say Turkey stops people returning to Kobane - CNN

YPG member Dilek remanded in Turkey before treatment completed - ANF

Second Democracy and Peace Conference begins in Turkey under the slogan “We salute the Kobanê resistance” - ANF

Senior AKP deputy slams Erdoğan, his party over Kurdish policies: BBC - hurriyetdailynews

Dropping of Dec. 17 probe draws widespread criticism - todayszaman.com

New government-drafted bill to further suppress dissidents - todayszaman.com

UK finally sanctions Qatari terror funder, 10 months after US - RT UK

Lebanon pulled into war with Islamic State - Al Arabiya News

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