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Iraq Unearths Mass Grave Of Kurds Killed By Saddam Hussein
Iraq must never forget Saddam Hussein's crimes or allow his party to return, President Barham Salih said on Sunday after attending the unearthing of a mass grave of Kurds killed by the former leader's forces three decades ago.
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Islamic State Claims Bloody Attacks on Kurds, Regime in Syria
The Islamic State extremist group has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks across Syria that left dead dozens of people, in an announcement on its radio station.
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Syrian Kurds Cut Islamic State Supply Line Near Iraq; Fears for Christians Mount
Kurdish militia pressed a big offensive against Islamic State in northeast Syria on Wednesday, cutting one of its supply lines from Iraq, as fears mounted for dozens of Christians abducted by the hardline group that recently beheaded 21 Egyptian Copts.
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Kurds Hold Off Islamic State in Kobane; Fighters Strike in Iraq
Kurdish defenders held off Islamic State militants in Syria's border town of Kobane on Sunday, but the fighters struck with deadly bombings in Iraq, killing dozens of Kurds in the north and assassinating a provincial police commander in the west.
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Turkish Army Uses Tear Gas to Move Press, Kurds From Border
The Turkish security forces on Monday used tear gas to push dozens of reporters and Kurdish civilians away from the border zone close to intense fighting for the besieged Syrian town of Kobane.
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100,000 Syrian Kurds Have Fled to Turkey: UN
Some 100,000 Syrian Kurds have crossed the border into Turkey over the past few days, fleeing an advance by Islamic State jihadists who have seized dozens of villages near a strategic border town, the UN said on Monday.
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About 60,000 Syrian Kurds Flee to Turkey as Islamic State Advances
About 60,000 Syrian Kurds have crossed into Turkey in the past 24 hours, a deputy prime minister said on Saturday, fleeing an advance by Islamic State militants who have seized dozens of villages close to the border and are advancing on a Syrian town.
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Thousands of Syrian Kurds Enter Turkey, Fleeing Islamic State Advance
Tens of thousands of Syrian Kurds have crossed into Turkey over the past day, fleeing an advance by Islamic State fighters who have seized dozens of villages close to the border, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Saturday.
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Kurds Fight to Retake Iraq's Largest Dam After 'Massacre'
Kurdish forces backed by US warplanes battled on Saturday to retake Iraq's largest dam from jihadist fighters, a day after militants carried out a "massacre" of dozens of villagers.
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Kurds Emerge as Winners in Iraq Chaos
Among rolling wheat fields with machine-gun fire rattling in the distance, Kurdish fighters patrol the new frontier of their autonomous region of northern Iraq, dozens of miles from their official border. In front of them are Islamic militants, behind them is the Kurds' newly captured prize, stretches of oil-rich territory.
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Iraq Unearths Mass Grave Of Kurds Killed By Saddam Hussein
Iraq must never forget Saddam Hussein's crimes or allow his party to return, President Barham Salih said on Sunday after attending the unearthing of a mass grave of Kurds killed by the former leader's forces three decades ago.
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Islamic State Claims Bloody Attacks on Kurds, Regime in Syria
The Islamic State extremist group has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks across Syria that left dead dozens of people, in an announcement on its radio station.
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Syrian Kurds Cut Islamic State Supply Line Near Iraq; Fears for Christians Mount
Kurdish militia pressed a big offensive against Islamic State in northeast Syria on Wednesday, cutting one of its supply lines from Iraq, as fears mounted for dozens of Christians abducted by the hardline group that recently beheaded 21 Egyptian Copts.
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Kurds Hold Off Islamic State in Kobane; Fighters Strike in Iraq
Kurdish defenders held off Islamic State militants in Syria's border town of Kobane on Sunday, but the fighters struck with deadly bombings in Iraq, killing dozens of Kurds in the north and assassinating a provincial police commander in the west.
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Turkish Army Uses Tear Gas to Move Press, Kurds From Border
The Turkish security forces on Monday used tear gas to push dozens of reporters and Kurdish civilians away from the border zone close to intense fighting for the besieged Syrian town of Kobane.
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100,000 Syrian Kurds Have Fled to Turkey: UN
Some 100,000 Syrian Kurds have crossed the border into Turkey over the past few days, fleeing an advance by Islamic State jihadists who have seized dozens of villages near a strategic border town, the UN said on Monday.
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About 60,000 Syrian Kurds Flee to Turkey as Islamic State Advances
About 60,000 Syrian Kurds have crossed into Turkey in the past 24 hours, a deputy prime minister said on Saturday, fleeing an advance by Islamic State militants who have seized dozens of villages close to the border and are advancing on a Syrian town.
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Thousands of Syrian Kurds Enter Turkey, Fleeing Islamic State Advance
Tens of thousands of Syrian Kurds have crossed into Turkey over the past day, fleeing an advance by Islamic State fighters who have seized dozens of villages close to the border, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Saturday.
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Kurds Fight to Retake Iraq's Largest Dam After 'Massacre'
Kurdish forces backed by US warplanes battled on Saturday to retake Iraq's largest dam from jihadist fighters, a day after militants carried out a "massacre" of dozens of villagers.
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Kurds Emerge as Winners in Iraq Chaos
Among rolling wheat fields with machine-gun fire rattling in the distance, Kurdish fighters patrol the new frontier of their autonomous region of northern Iraq, dozens of miles from their official border. In front of them are Islamic militants, behind them is the Kurds' newly captured prize, stretches of oil-rich territory.
