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Syria/Turkey News - Oct 25, 2014

By bartolo - Posted on 24 October 2014

Pentagon: “The coalition continues to gain both momentum and strength and we know we’re having a direct effect on Islamic State - Defense.gov

VIDEO: Hagel: Islamic State Strategy Working - DoD Videos

VIDEO: Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby Briefing - DoDNEWS Videos

VIDEO: Pentagon says 1,700 bombs dropped in Iraq and Syria - YouTube

At least 500 Islamic State militants killed in US-led strikes in Syria, observer group says - The Boston Globe

US airstrike obliterate Islamic State' banner and Kurdish fighters raise their own (PHOTOS, VIDEO) - Daily Mail Online

VIDEO: Air strike targets Islamic State militants on a hill in Kobane obliterating their flag - YouTube

Islamic State said to be using chlorine bombs in Syria and Iraq - AP

FBI warns news outlets that group affiliated with Islamic State is targeting journalists - The Washington Post

POLL: 2 of 3 Americans say Islamic State threat is important - AP

Airstrikes against Islamic State diminish oil financing but more is needed to end the group's reign of terror - UPI.com

Cutting off Islamic State' cash flow, the U.S. government’s assessment of the terror group' finance and a strategy to counter it - Brookings Institution

U.S. warns of sanctions on buyers of Islamic State oil, threatens Kurdish and Turkish middlemen - ekurd

How Long Will Islamic State Last Economically? - Oye Times

Jihadist training camps proliferate in Iraq and Syria - The Long War Journal

The White Shroud: A Syrian Resistance Movement to the Islamic State - Syria Comment

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Syrian Kurdish factions unite over Islamic State threat, reach an agreement to share power after years of disputes - Middle East Eye

VIDEO (Kurdish): Barzani’s statement after the signed agreement of the Kurdish parties - YouTube

Interview of PYD leader Salih Muslim after the signed agreement of the Kurdish parties - diclehaber.com

PYD leader's assessment of the fight agaist Islamic State in Kobani - Yahoo News

"We do not have organic links with the PKK...The PYD doesn't take orders from anyone", PYD leader says - Daily Sabah

150 Peshmerga will go to Kobani: Erdogan - Kurdpress News Aganecy

Peshmerga forces won’t receive order from YPG: minister - Kurdpress News Aganecy

The White House online Petition to officially arm YPG may have a Tallying Glitch - ekurd

Kurds reject Erdogan report of deal with Free Syrian Army rebels to aid besieged Kobani, "no such agreement has been reached yet" - Reuters

Syria Kurds say Free Syrian Army rebels should focus on fighting Islamic State elsewhere, not Kobani - ekurd

Rebels plead for U.S. military help against Assad forces closing on Aleppo, deny that they are sending 1,300 troops to Kobani - FresnoBee.com

Here is the Aleppo FSA military council denying sending troops to Kobane, this follows lots of criticism from locals - lou zay on Twitter: “

Zahran Aloush (Jaysh al-Islam/Islamic Front leader) rejects all media reports that he's sending troops to Kobane - Ibn Nabih on Twitter

Syrian Rebels Oppose New U.S. War Strategy - foreignpolicy.com

U.S.: Rebel force in Syria to be built from scratch, building an opposition capable of mounting offensive operations against Islamic State militants will take at least a year - usatoday.com

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Erdoğan: US carried out airdrops to Kobani despite Turkish objection - todayszaman.com

Airdrops to Kobani not wrong at all, US says after Erdoğan's criticism - todayszaman.com

US reiterates PYD is not terrorist after Erdoğan's critical remarks - todayszaman.com

Turkey's U.S. relations show strain as Washington's patience wears thin - Reuters

PYD leader accuses Turkey of allowing ISIS militants into Kobane - Al Akhbar English

Turkish PM reiterates: CHP, HDP collaborators of Assad’s cruelty - hurriyetdailynews

Report: Suspect in assasination attempt on Danish writer released in Turkey - todayszaman.com

Danish PM: Turkey must face repercussions over suspect's release - todayszaman.com

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