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Foreign Fighters Pouring Into Syria Faster Than Ever, Say Officials - NBCNews.com Wed, 29 Oct 2014 19:39:26 GMT

NBCNews.com

Foreign Fighters Pouring Into Syria Faster Than Ever, Say Officials NBCNews.com Top U.S. and British counterterrorism officials said Tuesday that the growing number and variety of foreign fighters streaming into Syria is unprecedented in recent history. “The rate of travel into Syria [by foreign fighters] is greater than we saw ...

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Kurdish convoy heads to Syria to take on Islamic State - Reuters Wed, 29 Oct 2014 18:26:44 GMT

Reuters

Kurdish convoy heads to Syria to take on Islamic State Reuters SURUC Turkey/BEIRUT (Reuters) - A convoy of peshmerga fighters from northern Iraq headed across southeastern Turkey on Wednesday towards the Syrian town of Kobani to try to help fellow Kurds break an Islamic State siege which has defied U.S.-led air ...

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Free Syrian Army Fighters Enter Kobani To Help Battle ISIS - Huffington Post Wed, 29 Oct 2014 21:48:31 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Free Syrian Army Fighters Enter Kobani To Help Battle ISIS Huffington Post SURUC, Turkey (AP) — Iraqi peshmerga troops were cheered Wednesday by fellow Kurds in southeastern Turkey as the fighters slowly made their way toward the Syrian Kurdish border town of Kobani to try to break a siege there by Islamic State militants. Kurdish women a force to be reckoned with for ISISCNN Iraqi Kurdish Fighters Enter Turkey En Route to Syria to Battle Islamic StateWall Street Journal Islamic State crisis: Syria rebel forces boost Kobane defenceBBC News Reuters -Fox News all 2,163 news articles »

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Theo Padnos, American Journalist, on Being Kidnapped, Tortured and Released ... - New York Times Wed, 29 Oct 2014 10:24:24 GMT

New York Times

Theo Padnos, American Journalist, on Being Kidnapped, Tortured and Released ... New York Times In the early morning hours of July 3, one of the two top commanders of Al Qaeda in Syria summoned me from my jail cell. For nearly two years, he had kept me locked in a series of prisons. That night, I was driven from a converted schoolroom outside the ... Syria conflict: Nusra Front rebels attack IdlibBBC News Syria's moderate rebels clash with al-QaedaAl-Arabiya Syrian Rebels Clash With Government Troops, 35 DieABC News WDIV Detroit all 320 news articles »

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Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga Head To Syria's Kobani - Huffington Post Wed, 29 Oct 2014 05:37:11 GMT

Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga Head To Syria's Kobani Huffington Post ARBIL, Iraq/MURSITPINAR, Turkey, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Iraqi peshmerga fighters headed for the Syrian town of Kobani on Tuesday to help fellow Kurds repel an Islamic State advance that has defied U.S.-led air strikes and become an important test of the ...

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Birmingham mother 'takes baby son to Syria' - BBC News Wed, 29 Oct 2014 11:00:03 GMT

BBC News

Birmingham mother 'takes baby son to Syria' BBC News Counter terrorism police are investigating reports a Birmingham mother has travelled to Syria to support Islamic State (IS) militants. Tareena Shakil, 25, from Sparkbrook, who went missing on Friday, is believed to have her one-year-old son with her ...

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Iraqi Kurds Head to Fight Militants in Syria - ABC News Wed, 29 Oct 2014 03:09:47 GMT

ABC News

Iraqi Kurds Head to Fight Militants in Syria ABC News The unprecedented mission by the 150 fighters to help fellow Kurds in their battle with the Islamic State group came after Ankara agreed to allow the peshmerga to cross into Syria via Turkey — although the Turkish prime minister reiterated that his ...

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Document Traces Man's Path to Terrorism Charge in Germany - New York Times Thu, 30 Oct 2014 02:39:32 GMT

New York Times

Document Traces Man's Path to Terrorism Charge in Germany New York Times The indictment describes the way in which jihadist volunteers are smuggled into Syria from Turkey, their preparation for battle in training camps and their use in the militant cause. Although Mr. Issa's path is “pretty typical” of that taken by many ... and more »

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Syrian rebels enter Kobani from Turkey with peshmerga troops en route - The Guardian Wed, 29 Oct 2014 08:57:15 GMT

The Guardian

Syrian rebels enter Kobani from Turkey with peshmerga troops en route The Guardian A small group of Syrian rebels entered the embattled border town of Kobani from Turkey on Wednesday on a mission to help Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State (Isis) in Syria, activists and Kurdish officials have said. The group of about 50 armed men ...

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Sectarian Wedge Pushes From Syria Into Lebanon - New York Times Mon, 27 Oct 2014 23:33:03 GMT

New York Times

Sectarian Wedge Pushes From Syria Into Lebanon New York Times LABWEH, Lebanon — Recent outbreaks of fighting and growing sectarian tensions in northern Lebanon have heightened fears that the civil war in neighboring Syria is spilling over with new momentum, threatening the country's fragile stability. Over the ... Syria Qaeda threatens Lebanon prisoners over Tripoli unrestAl-Arabiya all 722 news articles »