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Turkey to Let Iraqi Kurds Cross to Syria to Fight ISIS - New York Times Tue, 21 Oct 2014 01:13:50 GMT

New York Times

Turkey to Let Iraqi Kurds Cross to Syria to Fight ISIS
New York Times
MURSITPINAR, Turkey — Turkey will allow Iraqi Kurdish forces, known as pesh merga, to cross its border with Syria to help fight militants from the group called the Islamic State who have besieged the Syrian town of Kobani for more than a month, the ...
Kobani: US drops weapons to Kurds in SyriaThe Guardian
Islamic State: Fresh fighting in key Syrian town of KobaneBBC News
Kobane's defenders ally with Syria's mainstream oppositionRudaw
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Syria tribal revolt against Islamic State ignored, fueling resentment - Washington Post Tue, 21 Oct 2014 01:24:29 GMT

Syria tribal revolt against Islamic State ignored, fueling resentment
Washington Post
REYHANLI, Turkey — The cost of turning against the Islamic State was made brutally apparent in the streets of a dusty backwater town in eastern Syria in early August. Over a three-day period, vengeful fighters shelled, beheaded, crucified and shot ...

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McCain Will Push For Ground Troops In Iraq, Syria If GOP Wins The Senate - Huffington Post Mon, 20 Oct 2014 19:46:43 GMT

McCain Will Push For Ground Troops In Iraq, Syria If GOP Wins The Senate
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"We may be able to 'contain,' but to actually defeat ISIS is going to require more boots on the ground, more vigorous strikes, more special forces, further arming the Kurdish peshmerga forces and creating a no-fly zone and buffer zone in Syria," said ...

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Doubling Down on Disaster in Syria - Politico Mon, 20 Oct 2014 23:54:26 GMT

Politico

Doubling Down on Disaster in Syria
Politico
Fareed Zakaria and Leslie Gelb both have made what they think are bold and unfashionable proposals for U.S. policy in Syria without bothering to realize that their prescriptions have become the new conventional wisdom. Both not only advocate that the ...

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Ability to Punish Syria for Alleged Chlorine Weapons Use Limited, US Says - Wall Street Journal Mon, 20 Oct 2014 17:21:49 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Ability to Punish Syria for Alleged Chlorine Weapons Use Limited, US Says
Wall Street Journal
Children receive oxygen in Kfar Zeita, a rebel-held village in Hama province. A toxic chemical, almost certainly chlorine, was used “systematically and repeatedly” as a weapon in attacks on villages in northern Syria earlier this year, OPCW said last ...

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Islamic State foiled in attempt to kidnap Syrian rebel leader in Turkey - Telegraph.co.uk Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:49:13 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 ...
UN would offer humanitarian support in Syria safe zones: AmosReuters
Turkey streets in uproar over war in SyriaLive 5 News
UN would offer support in Syria safe zones: AmosThe Daily Star
UN News Centre
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Political mistakes must end over Syria: Iran official - Press TV Mon, 20 Oct 2014 18:30:08 GMT

Press TV

Political mistakes must end over Syria: Iran official
Press TV
Turkey, which supports the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government, has repeatedly called for a buffer zone along its border with Syria. Ankara has said that it will join the so-called US-led military coalition against the ISIL ...
Beyond Iraq and Syria, Lebanon gets pulled into war with Islamic State groupGlobalnews.ca
Qaouk slams March 14 'stubbornness' on SyriaThe Daily Star
West's Irresponsible Behavior behind Syria's Protracted Conflict: IranTasnim News Agency
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UK drones ready to attack Isis in Syria and Iraq - The Independent Mon, 20 Oct 2014 23:20:00 GMT

The Independent

UK drones ready to attack Isis in Syria and Iraq
The Independent
The decision to fly over Syrian territory is certain to lead to charges of “mission creep” and opposition in some quarters of Parliament. Several Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs who voted for the Iraq operation indicated that they would object to ...
Iraq/Syria: Is ISIS Flying Jets? UK to Deploy ReapersDefense Industry Daily
Britain to deploy armed drones in SyriaThe Times (subscription)

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Fresh combat in Iraq, Syria stirs veterans' emotions - Green Bay Press Gazette Tue, 21 Oct 2014 02:47:51 GMT

Green Bay Press Gazette

Fresh combat in Iraq, Syria stirs veterans' emotions
Green Bay Press Gazette
As the American military and its partners engage in airborne combat in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State, one area mental heath expert said he's hearing frustration from veterans who served in the war in Iraq. "The most current theme I'm hearing ...


London mother: 'My jihad son came back from Syria' - BBC News Mon, 20 Oct 2014 04:22:49 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 has described to BBC Inside Out London how she persuaded her son to return from fighting in Syria. He had joined a group linked to Islamic State ...
Mum flew to Syria to rescue son who had been radicalised by Islamic StateMirror.co.uk
Mother's Fight To Bring Back Son From Syria After Joining Islamic State MilitantsHuffington Post UK

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