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Kurds Hold Their Own Against Militants in Syria - ABC News Wed, 15 Oct 2014 20:42:03 GMT

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Kurds Hold Their Own Against Militants in Syria
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Intensified U.S.-led airstrikes and a determined Kurdish military force on the ground appear to have had some success in halting advances by Islamic State fighters on a strategic Kurdish town near Syria's border with Turkey — at least for now. On ...
US-led air strikes intensify as Syria conflict destabilizes TurkeyReuters
Islamic State 'retreating' in key Syria town of KobaneBBC News
Islamic State Militants And Kurdish Fighters Battle In The Streets Of Syria's ...Huffington Post
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American Civilians Take Up Arms in Syria, But With Whom? - ABC News Wed, 15 Oct 2014 20:33:15 GMT

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American Civilians Take Up Arms in Syria, But With Whom?
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Far from a two-sided affair, numerous groups are vying for power and territory in Syria and Iraq, including the countries' respective governments, an official al Qaeda affiliate, a powerful al Qaeda splinter group, “moderate” opposition forces, Kurdish ...

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For A US Hostage Facing Death, Syria Meant A New Life - NPR (blog) Wed, 15 Oct 2014 17:12:05 GMT

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For A US Hostage Facing Death, Syria Meant A New Life
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Yet the Arabic name he would soon choose for himself certainly seemed fitting — Abdul-Rahman alludes to the mercy of God, and Peter wanted so much to ease the suffering he saw in Syria. Kassig first volunteered in the poor Palestinian camps of Lebanon ...

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Police arrest relatives of Briton killed fighting in Syria for Islamic State - The Guardian Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:15:57 GMT

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Police arrest relatives of Briton killed fighting in Syria for Islamic State
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The parents and brothers of a British man who was killed while fighting in Syria with Islamic State have been arrested by counter-terrorism police in Portsmouth. Police raided the family home of Ifthekar Jaman, 23, in Southsea, Hampshire, and arrested ...
Parents of Enu Miah who bragged about his '5-star jihad' released on bailDaily Mail

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Islamic State: Syria rebels warn of backlash over US air strikes - BBC News Wed, 15 Oct 2014 08:30:52 GMT

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Islamic State: Syria rebels warn of backlash over US air strikes
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Syrian rebel fighters backed by the West have told the BBC that the US-led coalition faces a backlash in their country over its bombing campaign against Islamic State (IS). There have been protests against the air strikes and a warning that they are ...
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Hints Emerge That Fight Against IS Moving US, Russia Closer On Syria - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Wed, 15 Oct 2014 21:28:28 GMT

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Hints Emerge That Fight Against IS Moving US, Russia Closer On Syria
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Russian news agencies RIA Novosti and TASS also suggested that the United States is starting to move toward Moscow's position on Syria. Both quoted Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as saying that Washington was "already not insisting" that ...
Russia to Continue Humanitarian Aid Delivery to Syria: Russia's Foreign MinistryRIA Novosti

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US Holocaust museum to display Syria torture photos - Al-Arabiya Wed, 15 Oct 2014 15:57:15 GMT

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US Holocaust museum to display Syria torture photos
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A handful from the thousands of photographs that surfaced in July allegedly showing starved, burned and bruised bodies of Syrian torture victims will go on display at the U.S. Holocaust Museum on Wednesday, Yahoo News reported. The U.S. State ...
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Syria-Iraq Fight Gets a Name: 'Inherent Resolve' - ABC News Wed, 15 Oct 2014 20:02:17 GMT

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Syria-Iraq Fight Gets a Name: 'Inherent Resolve'
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It's less punchy than previous nicknames for U.S. conflicts in the Middle East -- remember Operation Desert Storm and its thunderous attacks against Saddam Hussein? -- but the Pentagon has finally named its fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq ...
US names Syria-Iraq campaign 'Inherent Resolve'ArmyTimes.com

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Airstrikes Hit Jihadi Targets in Syria - ABC News Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:26:39 GMT

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Airstrikes Hit Jihadi Targets in Syria
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The U.S.-led coalition has launched several airstrikes on Islamic State group positions in Syria, mainly in and around the town of Kobani near Turkey, where Kurdish fighters captured a strategic hill and brought down the jihadists' black flag ...

Up to 30 British jihadists now dead in Syria but toll will rise with Isil lure - Telegraph.co.uk Wed, 15 Oct 2014 21:10:35 GMT

Up to 30 British jihadists now dead in Syria but toll will rise with Isil lure
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But senior research fellow Shiraz Maher said because of the difficulties in accessing information in Syria the true total is “almost certainly higher than that”. Security sources believe at least 20 have died. Among them is 19-year-old Ibrahim Kamara ...

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