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Kurdish Militants Suspend Operations In Earthquake-Hit Turkey
Kurdish militants from the outlawed PKK group announced a temporary halt in fighting to facilitate rescue work after the huge earthquake that struck southeastern Turkey and parts of Syria.
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Islamic State Launches A Suspected Chemical Shell At US Troops In Iraq
ISIS militants are suspected of firing a shell loaded with a chemical agent during an attack on U.S. and Iraqi troops in northern Iraq Tuesday, a Pentagon spokesman said.
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Turkey Ratchets Up Syria Offensive, Says Warplanes Hit Kurdish Militia
Rebels supported by Turkey fought Kurdish-backed forces in northern Syria on Saturday, as Ankara ratcheted up its cross-border offensive by saying it had launched air strikes against both Kurdish forces and Islamic State.
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Families Say Colorado Men Killed Fighting ISIS Shared Traits
Two men who were reportedly killed in combat while fighting the ISIS group in Syria left suburban Denver neighborhoods for a war zone because of comradery and an unshakeable drive to right an injustice, their families said Wednesday.
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Fighting In North Syria Town After ISIS Ignore Offer To Leave
An opposition activist group and a Kurdish official say fighting is taking place in a northern Syrian town held by the ISIS after the militants did not respond to an offer to withdraw from the encircled town within 48 hours.
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Militant Kurdish Group TAK Claims Istanbul Bombing
Militant Kurdish group the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK) today claimed a car bombing in the centre of Istanbul earlier this week that killed seven police and four civilians.
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In Syria, Attack On Kurdish Neighborhood In Aleppo Kills 9
Syrian state media and an activist group say militant shelling of a predominantly Kurdish neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo has killed at least nine people.
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US-Backed Syrian Rebel Group Says Assault on Islamic State Imminent
A Syrian rebel group which is part of a new US-backed alliance that also includes the Kurdish YPG militia announced on Thursday plans for an imminent offensive against Islamic State militants in Raqqa province, the jihadists' stronghold in Syria.
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Islamic State, Kurdish PKK May Have Role in Ankara Bombings: Turkish PM
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Wednesday both the Islamic State and the Kurdish militant group PKK may have played a role in the twin Ankara bombings over the weekend that killed almost a hundred people.
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US Believes Islamic State Likely Used Mustard Agent in Iraq Attack: Reports
The United States believes Islamic State militants likely used mustard agent in an attack on Kurdish forces in Iraq earlier this week, the first indication the militant group has obtained a banned chemical weapon, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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Turkey Says Carried Out New Overnight Air Raids Against PKK
Turkish war planes struck targets of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq and in southeast Turkey overnight, in a new wave of air raids against the Kurdish militant group, the prime minister's office said Wednesday.
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New Turkish Airstrikes Under Way Against Islamic State, Kurdistan Workers Party: PM Ahmet Davutoglu
Turkish forces on Saturday unleashed a third wave of airstrikes and ground attacks on targets of the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria and Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said.
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Syria Kurds Say Islamic State Used Chemical Weapons Against Them
Islamic State group fighters fired missiles containing toxic gas at Kurdish forces in Syria last month, the forces and a monitoring group said.
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Kurdish Militants to Attack Dam Sites, Saying Turkey Violated Ceasefire
Kurdish militants will attack Turkey's dam construction sites in the mainly Kurdish southeast, the group said in a statement late on Saturday, another blow to a fragile peace process meant to end a three-decade insurgency.
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Kurdish Forces Secure Syria's Kobani After Islamic State Attack
Kurdish fighters said they have fully secured the Syrian border town of Kobani and killed more than 60 Islamic State militants, two days after the hardline group attacked it with suicide bombers.
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Kurdish Militants Suspend Operations In Earthquake-Hit Turkey
Kurdish militants from the outlawed PKK group announced a temporary halt in fighting to facilitate rescue work after the huge earthquake that struck southeastern Turkey and parts of Syria.
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Islamic State Launches A Suspected Chemical Shell At US Troops In Iraq
ISIS militants are suspected of firing a shell loaded with a chemical agent during an attack on U.S. and Iraqi troops in northern Iraq Tuesday, a Pentagon spokesman said.
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Turkey Ratchets Up Syria Offensive, Says Warplanes Hit Kurdish Militia
Rebels supported by Turkey fought Kurdish-backed forces in northern Syria on Saturday, as Ankara ratcheted up its cross-border offensive by saying it had launched air strikes against both Kurdish forces and Islamic State.
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Families Say Colorado Men Killed Fighting ISIS Shared Traits
Two men who were reportedly killed in combat while fighting the ISIS group in Syria left suburban Denver neighborhoods for a war zone because of comradery and an unshakeable drive to right an injustice, their families said Wednesday.
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Fighting In North Syria Town After ISIS Ignore Offer To Leave
An opposition activist group and a Kurdish official say fighting is taking place in a northern Syrian town held by the ISIS after the militants did not respond to an offer to withdraw from the encircled town within 48 hours.
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Militant Kurdish Group TAK Claims Istanbul Bombing
Militant Kurdish group the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK) today claimed a car bombing in the centre of Istanbul earlier this week that killed seven police and four civilians.
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In Syria, Attack On Kurdish Neighborhood In Aleppo Kills 9
Syrian state media and an activist group say militant shelling of a predominantly Kurdish neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo has killed at least nine people.
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US-Backed Syrian Rebel Group Says Assault on Islamic State Imminent
A Syrian rebel group which is part of a new US-backed alliance that also includes the Kurdish YPG militia announced on Thursday plans for an imminent offensive against Islamic State militants in Raqqa province, the jihadists' stronghold in Syria.
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Islamic State, Kurdish PKK May Have Role in Ankara Bombings: Turkish PM
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Wednesday both the Islamic State and the Kurdish militant group PKK may have played a role in the twin Ankara bombings over the weekend that killed almost a hundred people.
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US Believes Islamic State Likely Used Mustard Agent in Iraq Attack: Reports
The United States believes Islamic State militants likely used mustard agent in an attack on Kurdish forces in Iraq earlier this week, the first indication the militant group has obtained a banned chemical weapon, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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Turkey Says Carried Out New Overnight Air Raids Against PKK
Turkish war planes struck targets of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq and in southeast Turkey overnight, in a new wave of air raids against the Kurdish militant group, the prime minister's office said Wednesday.
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New Turkish Airstrikes Under Way Against Islamic State, Kurdistan Workers Party: PM Ahmet Davutoglu
Turkish forces on Saturday unleashed a third wave of airstrikes and ground attacks on targets of the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria and Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said.
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Syria Kurds Say Islamic State Used Chemical Weapons Against Them
Islamic State group fighters fired missiles containing toxic gas at Kurdish forces in Syria last month, the forces and a monitoring group said.
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Kurdish Militants to Attack Dam Sites, Saying Turkey Violated Ceasefire
Kurdish militants will attack Turkey's dam construction sites in the mainly Kurdish southeast, the group said in a statement late on Saturday, another blow to a fragile peace process meant to end a three-decade insurgency.
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Kurdish Forces Secure Syria's Kobani After Islamic State Attack
Kurdish fighters said they have fully secured the Syrian border town of Kobani and killed more than 60 Islamic State militants, two days after the hardline group attacked it with suicide bombers.
