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We Don't Want to go to Europe: The Other Reality of Syrian Refugees
The situation this Turkish border town of Sanliurfa is the unacknowledged reality of Syrian refugee crisis that millions are not keen or able to make the journey to the West.
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Children of Kobane: Escaped From ISIS, Into 'Slavery'
The Syrian war has left an estimated four million people outside its borders.
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Father Buries His Drowned Toddler, Family in Syria
The father of a three-year-old Syrian boy whose drowning off Turkey shocked the world buried his son, another child and his wife in an emotional funeral in Kobane on today.
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Suicide Bomber Kills 31 in Turkey Attack Blamed on Islamic State
A suspected Islamic State suicide bomber killed at least 31 people Monday in an attack on a Turkish cultural centre where activists had gathered to prepare for an aid mission in the nearby Syrian town of Kobane.
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Turkey Looking to Construct More Walls Along Syrian Border: Officials
Turkey wants to construct more walls along its border with Syria to strengthen security against Islamic State militants and crack down on illegal border crossings, senior officials told Reuters today.
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At Least 145 Civilians Killed in Syria's Kobane Islamic State
Islamic State fighters killed at least 145 civilians in an attack on the Syrian town of Kobane and a nearby village, in what a monitoring group described on Friday as one of the worst massacres carried out by the hardline group in Syria.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan Denies Islamic State Launched Attack on Syria's Kobane From Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday dismissed as "propaganda" accusations that Islamic State fighters had been allowed to cross from Turkey into Syria to launch a fresh assault on the symbolic battleground town of Kobane.
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Islamic State Attacks Syria's Kobane in New Offensive After Setbacks
The Islamic State group launched a two-pronged offensive in northern Syria on Thursday after several setbacks, re-entering the symbolic battleground town of Kobane and seizing parts of the city of Hasakeh.
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Islamic State in Two-Pronged Syria Offensive After Setbacks
The Islamic State group launched a two-pronged offensive in northern Syria today after several setbacks, reentering the symbolic town of Kobane and seizing parts of the city of Hasakeh.
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US Citizen Killed Fighting for Kurds Against Islamic State
A US citizen has been killed fighting for Kurdish forces against Islamic State (IS) jihadists in the Kobane region of northern Syria, the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) said today.
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Kurdish Forces Attack Islamic State in Northeast Syria
Syrian Kurdish forces advanced towards an Islamic State stronghold in northeastern Syria on Sunday in an offensive backed by US-led air strikes, a Kurdish official and a monitoring group said.
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In Battle for Kobane, US Crews Recount Heavy Bombing
American pilots call it "going Winchester." That's when a warplane drops every bomb on board. And air crews for the B-1 bomber told AFP it was not uncommon in the battle for the Syrian town of Kobane, recaptured by Kurdish forces last month.
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20,000 Foreign Fighters Head to Syria: US
Foreign fighters are flocking to Syria at an "unprecedented" rate, with more than 20,000 volunteers from around the world joining the Islamic State or other extremist groups, US intelligence officials said on Tuesday.
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Syria Kurds Target New Border Town After Retaking Kobane
Syrian Kurdish forces have set their sights on taking back from jihadists Tal Abyad, another strategic town on the border with Turkey, after recapturing Kobane, a monitor said Monday.
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Syrian Kurds Seize from Islamic State a Third of Villages Around Kobane
Syrian Kurdish forces have recaptured more than a third of the villages around Kobane from the Islamic State group since routing the jihadists from the town a fortnight ago, a monitor said today.
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We Don't Want to go to Europe: The Other Reality of Syrian Refugees
The situation this Turkish border town of Sanliurfa is the unacknowledged reality of Syrian refugee crisis that millions are not keen or able to make the journey to the West.
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Children of Kobane: Escaped From ISIS, Into 'Slavery'
The Syrian war has left an estimated four million people outside its borders.
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Father Buries His Drowned Toddler, Family in Syria
The father of a three-year-old Syrian boy whose drowning off Turkey shocked the world buried his son, another child and his wife in an emotional funeral in Kobane on today.
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Suicide Bomber Kills 31 in Turkey Attack Blamed on Islamic State
A suspected Islamic State suicide bomber killed at least 31 people Monday in an attack on a Turkish cultural centre where activists had gathered to prepare for an aid mission in the nearby Syrian town of Kobane.
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Turkey Looking to Construct More Walls Along Syrian Border: Officials
Turkey wants to construct more walls along its border with Syria to strengthen security against Islamic State militants and crack down on illegal border crossings, senior officials told Reuters today.
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At Least 145 Civilians Killed in Syria's Kobane Islamic State
Islamic State fighters killed at least 145 civilians in an attack on the Syrian town of Kobane and a nearby village, in what a monitoring group described on Friday as one of the worst massacres carried out by the hardline group in Syria.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan Denies Islamic State Launched Attack on Syria's Kobane From Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday dismissed as "propaganda" accusations that Islamic State fighters had been allowed to cross from Turkey into Syria to launch a fresh assault on the symbolic battleground town of Kobane.
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Islamic State Attacks Syria's Kobane in New Offensive After Setbacks
The Islamic State group launched a two-pronged offensive in northern Syria on Thursday after several setbacks, re-entering the symbolic battleground town of Kobane and seizing parts of the city of Hasakeh.
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Islamic State in Two-Pronged Syria Offensive After Setbacks
The Islamic State group launched a two-pronged offensive in northern Syria today after several setbacks, reentering the symbolic town of Kobane and seizing parts of the city of Hasakeh.
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US Citizen Killed Fighting for Kurds Against Islamic State
A US citizen has been killed fighting for Kurdish forces against Islamic State (IS) jihadists in the Kobane region of northern Syria, the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) said today.
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Kurdish Forces Attack Islamic State in Northeast Syria
Syrian Kurdish forces advanced towards an Islamic State stronghold in northeastern Syria on Sunday in an offensive backed by US-led air strikes, a Kurdish official and a monitoring group said.
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In Battle for Kobane, US Crews Recount Heavy Bombing
American pilots call it "going Winchester." That's when a warplane drops every bomb on board. And air crews for the B-1 bomber told AFP it was not uncommon in the battle for the Syrian town of Kobane, recaptured by Kurdish forces last month.
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20,000 Foreign Fighters Head to Syria: US
Foreign fighters are flocking to Syria at an "unprecedented" rate, with more than 20,000 volunteers from around the world joining the Islamic State or other extremist groups, US intelligence officials said on Tuesday.
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Syria Kurds Target New Border Town After Retaking Kobane
Syrian Kurdish forces have set their sights on taking back from jihadists Tal Abyad, another strategic town on the border with Turkey, after recapturing Kobane, a monitor said Monday.
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Syrian Kurds Seize from Islamic State a Third of Villages Around Kobane
Syrian Kurdish forces have recaptured more than a third of the villages around Kobane from the Islamic State group since routing the jihadists from the town a fortnight ago, a monitor said today.
