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Fierce fighting shakes Kobani, Syria, as IS steps up attack - Irish Times Sun, 19 Oct 2014 20:42:30 GMT

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Fierce fighting shakes Kobani, Syria, as IS steps up attack
Irish Times
A child, internally displaced due to fighting between rebels and forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, looks out of his tent window in Ekda village refugee camp, beside the Syrian-Turkish border in northern Aleppo. Fierce fighting once ...
Fierce fighting rages in Syria's KobaneAljazeera.com
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At least 70 ISIS bodies dropped off at Syrian hospital, opposition says - CNN Sun, 19 Oct 2014 23:17:25 GMT

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At least 70 ISIS bodies dropped off at Syrian hospital, opposition says
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(CNN) -- ISIS has apparently taken a heavy hit over the past several days. The bodies of at least 70 fighters for the terror group have been dropped off over four days at a hospital in the Syrian town of Tal Abyad, a Syrian opposition group told CNN ...
ISIS Crucifies 17-Year-Old Boy in Raqqa, SyriaLatin Post
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ISIS crucifies 17-year-old boy in SyriaIndia Today
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London mother: 'My jihad son came back from Syria' - BBC News Mon, 20 Oct 2014 00:13:26 GMT

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London mother: 'My jihad son came back from Syria'
BBC News
Amid growing concern in Muslim communities about the radicalisation of young men and women, one mother from London has been describing how she persuaded her son to return from fighting in Syria. He had joined a group linked to Islamic State (IS) there ...

'Intense Clashes' Erupt as Battle for Syrian Border Town Kobani Escalates - NBCNews.com Sun, 19 Oct 2014 16:15:48 GMT

'Intense Clashes' Erupt as Battle for Syrian Border Town Kobani Escalates
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Clashes in the Syrian border town of Kobani flared overnight Saturday and continued into Sunday as U.S.-led airstrikes destroyed dozens of targets and ISIS fighters launched mortar shells on Kurdish soldiers and detonated at least two car bombs.

Islamic State foiled in attempt to kidnap Syrian rebel leader in Turkey - Telegraph.co.uk Sun, 19 Oct 2014 18:51:29 GMT

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Islamic State foiled in attempt to kidnap Syrian rebel leader in Turkey
Telegraph.co.uk
The kidnappers drove Abu Issa and his son at top speed towards the border and were intending to smuggle them to Syria. Increased Turkish military presence there made it too difficult to cross, and the kidnap attempt was ultimately failed when one of ...

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US-led air strikes against Isis in Syria 'killed 10 civilians' - The Guardian Sat, 18 Oct 2014 13:48:04 GMT

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US-led air strikes against Isis in Syria 'killed 10 civilians'
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The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said seven civilians were killed when an air strike hit a gas plant near the town of al-Khasham is the eastern Deir al-Zor province on Friday, and three civilians were killed in an air strike on Thursday ...

Old rivalries keeping Turkey on sidelines of Syria fight, analysts say - Fox News Fri, 17 Oct 2014 16:19:14 GMT

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Old rivalries keeping Turkey on sidelines of Syria fight, analysts say
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Old geopolitical rivalries are throwing a wrench into U.S. efforts to bring Turkey on board with the mission to "degrade and destroy" the Islamic State in a Syrian border town. The country's bigger enemy, some analysts say, is still Bashar al-Assad. So ...

Airstrikes target Islamic State oil facilities in Syria - USA TODAY Sat, 18 Oct 2014 22:21:09 GMT

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Airstrikes target Islamic State oil facilities in Syria
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — Airstrikes in Syria shifted from the besieged city of Kobani toward the oil facilities that fund Islamic State fighters who have seized portions of Syria and neighboring Iraq, the military announced Saturday. Two airstrikes were conducted ...

US airstrikes in Syria are now dwarfing those in Iraq, thanks to the fight for ... - Washington Post Thu, 16 Oct 2014 17:12:14 GMT

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US airstrikes in Syria are now dwarfing those in Iraq, thanks to the fight for ...
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The Syrian border town of Kobane is still in danger of falling to the Islamic State, more than a week after the U.S. military began launching airstrikes on militants there regularly. Hundreds of fighters have been killed, the Pentagon's press secretary ...
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Airstrikes hit ISIS targets in Syria, Iraq - CNN Sat, 18 Oct 2014 15:39:02 GMT

Airstrikes hit ISIS targets in Syria, Iraq
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(CNN) -- Airstrikes like those that have helped slow the advance of ISIS fighters in the Syrian town of Kobani rocked the city again Saturday. A huge plume of smoke rose over the city's center in the aftermath of an apparent airstrike that hit the area ...