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Syria/Turkey News - Oct 4, 2014

By bartolo - Posted on 03 October 2014

Islamic State fighters reportedly enter Syrian Kurdish city of Kobani - ekurd

YPG Statement: IS will never be able to enter Kobani - ANF

Kurds Fight Alone as Coalition Holds Fire Against Jihadist Tanks - Businessweek

Dramatic footage of Islamic State advance on Syrian Kurdish Kobani city, the group now control 325 villages in the surrounding area - ekurd

VIDEO: Dramatic footage of Islamic State advance on Syrian Kurdish Kobani city - YouTube

VIDEO: IS apparently seized a checkpoint of an entry point to the city of Kobani from the south - Aymenn J Al-Tamimi on Twitter

VIDEO: A YPG Killdozer and several dead YPG fighters filmed by IS on the outskirts of Kobane - Brown Moses on Twitter

19-Year-old Syrian Kurdish woman YPG fighter Ceylan Ozalp kills herself rather than falling into IS jihadists' hands - ekurd.net

WYPG Women Soldiers in a War Against IS - Marie Claire

VIDEO: Kurdish Female Fighters VS. The Islamic State (Australian documentary) - liveleak.com

Looks likely that the Chechen-dominated Liwa al-Aqsa is leading the IS offensive on Kobane (Ayn al-Arab) - Charles Lister on Twitter

Mayadeen: 100s of Nusra fighters in Aleppo & Idlib defected to IS & headed to Alshadadi in Hassaka after giving bayaa - Joshua Landis on Twitter

MAP: Who and from where is coming to join IS - James Denselow on Twitter

Seven members of Syria family executed by jihadists - THE DAILY STAR

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Turkey vows support for besieged Syrian town Kobane, but stops short of committing to military action - Reuters

VIDEO: Turkey tanks idle as IS attacks Kobane - BBC News

Watching Kobane battle, Kurds lose faith in Turkey anti-IS action - Yahoo Maktoob News

Kobane Kurds say they held talks with the Turkish government but it has not responded to their request for help - The News Tribune

Turkey parliamentary motion is actually against Syria, not IS: main opposition - hurriyetdailynews.com

Turkey PM: Syrian Kurds paying price for siding with Assad - Daily Sabah

Turkish intervention in Syria would be 'aggression': Damascus - Dunya News

When Turkish official was asked why Turkey wasn't helping Kurds in Syria he replied: “Why must we choose btwn PKK & ISIS?” - cale salih on Twitter

Öcalan: Massacre in Kobani would end peace talks in Turkey - todayszaman.com

Turkish co-chairs on the way to Kobanê border - ANF

Turkish soldiers allegedly met IS gangs on Kobanê border last night - ANF

Turkey to bargain with US over no-fly zone - hurriyetdailynews.com

49 hostages swapped for 180 IS terrorists, report claims - todayszaman.com

New EU warns ‘new Turkey' for first time - todayszaman.com

Turkey: under pressure to take a definitive stance - European Council on Foreign Relations

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Islamic State beheads British hostage, names captured American as next - McClatchy DC

VIDEO: IS Sends “Another Message to America and Its Allies”, Beheads Brit Aid Worker and Threatens to Kill American Next - Saving the Republic

Biden blames US allies in Middle East for rise of IS - RT News

VIDEO: Vice President Biden Delivered Remarks on Foreign Policy at the John F. Kennedy Forum - YouTube

TRANSCRIPT: Remarks by the Vice President at the John F. Kennedy Forum - The White House

Obama team circles wagons as Panetta hits White House on Iraq, Syria and more - Fox News

Leon Panetta: Should have armed Syrian rebels sooner - CNN.com

Syria opposition head 'not satisfied' with coaltion support - Al-Monitor

American Allies On The Ground In Syria Say US-Led Air Strikes Are Hurting Their Cause - Business Insider

Syrian Rebel Commanders Say US Airstrikes Bolster Assad - VOA

U.S., anti-Assad rebels at odds over Nusra’s role - The State

Syria: top FSA officers quit - Al Arabiya News

Why Does the Free Syrian Army Hate Us? - The Daily Beast

The Idealists Who Started Syria's Revolution Have All Been Killed, Jailed Or Exiled - The Daily Beast

Pentagon "slush fund" pays for ISIS airstrikes, irking some in Congress - CBS News

Anti-IS Pentagon Operation Has New Website, but Still No Name - WSJ

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