Wall Street Journal | In Kobane, Syria, Kurds claim to prevent Islamic State forces from taking ... Washington Post MURSITPINAR,Turkey — Kurdish fighters battled Islamic State fighters in the heart of Kobane on Saturday as they continued to hold out against the militants more than a week after their assault on the small Syrian border town. The Kurds claimed they ... Turkey Agrees to Train Syrian Opposition on Home Soil to Fight Islamic State US says Turkey will train moderate Syrian rebels but presses for details Kurds struggle to defend besieged Syrian town from ISIS |
Reuters | US-led air war in Syria is off to a difficult start Washington Post REYHANLI, Turkey — The U.S.-led air war in Syria has gotten off to a rocky start, with even the Syrian rebel groups closest to the United States turning against it, U.S. ally Turkey refusing to contribute and the plight of a beleaguered Kurdish town ... Fall of Kobani would be symbolic setback for Obama's Syria strategy Analysis - Kobani's fall would be symbolic setback for Obama Syria strategy |
ABC News | Why Some in Syria Are Against Strikes on ISIS ABC News Since the beginning of Syria's uprising, opposition supporters have been asking for international intervention in the country's war. Their demands for help came in various forms, starting with a request to set up a no-fly zone over Syria and ending ... Coalition air strikes against Isis aid Bashar al-Assad, Syrian rebels claim |
Fox News | UN envoy warns of ISIS 'massacre' in Kurdish town near Syria-Turkey border Fox News MURSITPINAR, Turkey – The new U.N. envoy to Syria said Friday that at least 500 civilians remain trapped in the Syrian Kurdish border town of Kobani besieged by the Islamic State group, warning that they were likely to be "massacred" if it falls to the ... |
ISIL pushes deeper into Syrian town Aljazeera.com Rami Abdulrahman, who runs the Syrian Observatory through a network of activists on the ground, said ISIL were in almost complete control of the "security quarter", which is home to administrative buildings and the police station used by the local ... |
Turkey's Dangerous Bet on Syria New York Times In response, the Turkish government is seeking to accomplish the impossible; Ankara wants to fight the Islamic State, carry out regime change in Syria and roll back Kurdish autonomy all at the same time. The risk of this overambitious approach is that ... |
Turkey Sits Out Battle in Syrian Border City Wall Street Journal Turkey's unwillingness to intervene in the battle over a predominantly Kurdish Syrian city on its border has earned the country harsh criticism from Washington, exposing a dangerous rift over how the two allies want to tackle Islamic State's rise ... |
BBC News | Kobane: Air strikes 'stall IS advance' on Syrian border town BBC News US-led forces have continued air strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants near the besieged Syrian Kurdish border town of Kobane. A senior local official said IS had been pushed back towards the edge of the town as a result of the strikes and ... US steps up air strikes on ISIL in Syria |
Fox News | For Obama, enforcing no-fly zone in Syria would mean war or cooperation with ... Fox News The Obama administration is boxed in by its promise to limit U.S. military engagement against Islamic State extremists, making it tough to agree to Turkey's condition for joining the fight in neighboring Syria. Turkey and other U.S. allies want the U.S ... Despite demands, Syria no-fly zone a no-go for US |
Rudaw | With focus on Syria, ISIS continues Iraq push Rudaw ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - While the world watches the siege of Kobane in Syria, the war against ISIS in Iraq continues unabated, with the Kurdish Peshmerga making some minor but morale-boosting gains but Islamic State fighters gaining ground against ... |