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Raids by ISIS Push Flood of Refugees Into Turkey - New York Times Tue, 23 Sep 2014 01:51:53 GMT

New York Times

Raids by ISIS Push Flood of Refugees Into Turkey New York Times ANKARA, Turkey — More than 130,000 refugees have flooded into Turkey from Syria in recent days, fleeing attacks by Islamic State militants on their villages, Turkey's deputy prime minister said on Monday, though local officials in Syria said Kurdish ... Turkey breaks up crowds at Syrian frontier protesting Islamic State, border ...Washington Post 130000 Syrians Have Fled ISIS And Taken Refuge In Turkey In The Past 4 DaysHuffington Post Massive flow of refugees enters Turkey to escape ISIS advance in SyriaCNN Yahoo News -Fox News -The Guardian all 2,285 news articles »

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Turkey clamps down on Syria border after Kurdish unrest - BBC News Mon, 22 Sep 2014 08:39:52 GMT

BBC News

Turkey clamps down on Syria border after Kurdish unrest BBC News Turkey has begun to close some of its border crossings with Syria after about 130,000 Kurdish refugees entered the country over the weekend. On Sunday Turkish security forces clashed with Kurds protesting in solidarity with the refugees. Some ...

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Photographer Captures Tens of Thousands Fleeing ISIS, Entering Turkey - National Geographic Mon, 22 Sep 2014 13:49:33 GMT

National Geographic

Photographer Captures Tens of Thousands Fleeing ISIS, Entering Turkey National Geographic At least 66,000 Syrian Kurds streamed into Turkey on Saturday, fleeing the latest advances of the Islamic State—the violent Sunni group that has declared a caliphate in parts of Syria and Iraq—as it moved further north in a bid to extend territorial ...

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The Islamic State, Turkey and Syria's Kurds - The Economist (blog) Mon, 22 Sep 2014 22:09:11 GMT

The Economist (blog)

The Islamic State, Turkey and Syria's Kurds The Economist (blog) AS jihadists calling themselves the "Islamic State" (IS) have swept across Iraq and Syria, they have come up against one unusually tough opponent. Syria's ethnic Kurds have stubbornly clung onto three separate enclaves along Syria's border with Turkey ...

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Kurds Say They Have Halted ISIS Advance Near Syria-Turkey Border - NPR (blog) Mon, 22 Sep 2014 16:45:10 GMT

NPR (blog)

Kurds Say They Have Halted ISIS Advance Near Syria-Turkey Border NPR (blog) The intense fighting, she says, is what has caused an "exodus of people" across the border into neighboring Turkey. The estimate of the number of refugees that have crossed over in recent days varies, but Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus ...

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Turkey unlikely to consider armed engagement against ISIS, experts say - Daily Sabah Mon, 22 Sep 2014 13:54:50 GMT

Irish Independent

Turkey unlikely to consider armed engagement against ISIS, experts say Daily Sabah NATO member Turkey, which saved the lives of its abducted citizens through its diplomatic tactics using negotiations with local tribes in neighboring Syria and Iraq, had previously reiterated that it will not get into an armed response to ISIS but will ... Turkey Indicates Islamic State Prisoners SwapABC News Turkey's ISIL crisis is worse than you thinkAl Jazeera America Turkey remains cagey about hostages freed by ISISCBS News New York Times -Bloomberg View all 968 news articles »

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Thousands Are Fleeing From Syria to Turkey to Escape the Latest ISIS Onslaught - TIME Mon, 22 Sep 2014 09:39:01 GMT

Thousands Are Fleeing From Syria to Turkey to Escape the Latest ISIS Onslaught TIME At least 100,000 Syrian refugees flooded across the border into Turkey over the weekend as Sunni extremist fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) launched an offensive against Kurdish communities in northern Syria.

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Fleeing ISIS, 100000 Syrian Kurds cross into Turkey - Daily Sabah Mon, 22 Sep 2014 17:07:50 GMT

Fleeing ISIS, 100000 Syrian Kurds cross into Turkey Daily Sabah ISTANBUL — Over the past two days, Turkey has welcomed 100,000 displaced Syrian Kurd refugees who have been crossing into Turkey from the north of Syria in order to flee an advance by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) fighters, the head of ...

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Turkey faces flood of refugees from Syria - USA TODAY Mon, 22 Sep 2014 21:38:48 GMT

Turkey faces flood of refugees from Syria USA TODAY The United Nations said Monday it is stepping up assistance to Turkey in the face of a worsening refugee crisis, as thousands of Kurds flee Islamic militants in Syria. About 130,000 Syrians have flooded into Turkey since Friday, according to the United ...

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Riots on Turkey's border with Syria as up to 200000 Kurds are blocked from ... - Daily Mail Mon, 22 Sep 2014 18:14:09 GMT

Riots on Turkey's border with Syria as up to 200000 Kurds are blocked from ... Daily Mail Clashes broke out as Kurds trying to approach the crossing from inside Turkey to take part in solidarity demonstrations with Syrians fought with security forces, who responded with tear gas, paint pellets and water cannons. The state-run Anadolu Agency ...