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Syrian Man Sets Himself On Fire Outside UN Building: Police
A Syrian Kurdish man set himself on fire Wednesday outside the headquarters of the United Nations refugee agency and was receiving treatment for his injuries, police told AFP.
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Australians Rally in Support of Detained Asylum Seekers
Thousands of Australians today joined rallies calling for the closure of Pacific island camps for asylum-seekers, just days after the government confirmed it was in talks with the Philippines to resettle detained refugees.
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Turkish President Faces Tough European Union Talks on Refugees, Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets EU leaders Monday but they will find it hard to bridge gaps on the migrant crisis and the Syrian war that has produced so many of the refugees they must both deal with, analysts say.
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Angela Merkel Warns of Risks of 'Safe Zone' in Northern Syria
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned today that creating a "safe zone" for refugees in northern Syria could put them at risk of being massacred, starkly distancing her country from a Turkish proposal.
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Turkey Will 'Never Allow' Kurdish State in Syria, Warns President Recep Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey will never allow the establishment of a Kurdish state in Syria after major gains by Kurdish fighters.
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Hundreds of Refugees Cross Back Into Syria From Turkey
Hundreds of Syrian refugees who had fled into Turkey crossed back today, witnesses said, as a border gate reopened a few days after Islamic State militants were ousted from the frontier town of Tel Abyad forces by Syrian Kurds.
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Locals Fear Islamic State Jihadists Quietly Slipped Into Turkey
As the Syrian town of Tal Abyad taken by Kurds from Islamic State (IS) militants this week looms in the distance, one question troubles the Turkish residents on the other side.
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Kurds Battle IS on Syria Border as Turkey Blocks Refugees
Kurdish fighters advanced Saturday to the outskirts of a key Syrian border town held by the Islamic State group, as Turkish forces sought to prevent thousands fleeing the fighting from crossing the frontier.
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Fresh Fighting in Syria Forces Thousands More Into Turkey
Some 4,000 Syrians have sought refuge in Turkey this week, fleeing fresh clashes pitting Kurdish fighters against the Islamic State (IS) group, a Turkish official said today.
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Female Fighters Battle For Freedom and Equality in Syria
About 7,500 women are estimated to have joined the Women's Protection Unit, or YPJ, many as volunteers, which was set up in 2012 as part of the People's Defense Unit (YPG), the Kurds' dominant fighting unit in the northern Syria region of Rojava.
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Syrian Kurds Find Refuge in Camp Named After Suicide Bomber
Syrian Kurdish refugees who streamed into Turkey from Kobane have found sanctuary in a new camp named after a female Kurdish suicide bomber who blew herself up in the battle against jihadists for the besieged Syrian town.
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UN Human Rights Body Warns 400,000 Syrian Kurds Could Flee Islamic State Onslaught
The UN refugee agency warned Tuesday that as many as 400,000 people may flee to Turkey from Syria's Kurdish region to escape attacks by the Islamic State group.
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UNHCR Bracing For Possible Exodus of 400,000 Refugees From Syrian Town into Turkey
The United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday that it was making contingency plans for all 400,000 inhabitants of the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani to flee into Turkey to escape an advance of Islamist militants.
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Syrian Refugee Flight to Turkey One of the Worst Since War Began: UN
Turkey is facing one of the biggest influxes of refugees from neighbouring Syria since the war there began more than three years ago, the United Nations' refugee agency said on Sunday, as civilians continued to flee clashes between Islamic State (IS) militants and Kurdish forces.
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Syrian Man Sets Himself On Fire Outside UN Building: Police
A Syrian Kurdish man set himself on fire Wednesday outside the headquarters of the United Nations refugee agency and was receiving treatment for his injuries, police told AFP.
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Australians Rally in Support of Detained Asylum Seekers
Thousands of Australians today joined rallies calling for the closure of Pacific island camps for asylum-seekers, just days after the government confirmed it was in talks with the Philippines to resettle detained refugees.
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Turkish President Faces Tough European Union Talks on Refugees, Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets EU leaders Monday but they will find it hard to bridge gaps on the migrant crisis and the Syrian war that has produced so many of the refugees they must both deal with, analysts say.
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Angela Merkel Warns of Risks of 'Safe Zone' in Northern Syria
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned today that creating a "safe zone" for refugees in northern Syria could put them at risk of being massacred, starkly distancing her country from a Turkish proposal.
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Turkey Will 'Never Allow' Kurdish State in Syria, Warns President Recep Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey will never allow the establishment of a Kurdish state in Syria after major gains by Kurdish fighters.
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Hundreds of Refugees Cross Back Into Syria From Turkey
Hundreds of Syrian refugees who had fled into Turkey crossed back today, witnesses said, as a border gate reopened a few days after Islamic State militants were ousted from the frontier town of Tel Abyad forces by Syrian Kurds.
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Locals Fear Islamic State Jihadists Quietly Slipped Into Turkey
As the Syrian town of Tal Abyad taken by Kurds from Islamic State (IS) militants this week looms in the distance, one question troubles the Turkish residents on the other side.
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Kurds Battle IS on Syria Border as Turkey Blocks Refugees
Kurdish fighters advanced Saturday to the outskirts of a key Syrian border town held by the Islamic State group, as Turkish forces sought to prevent thousands fleeing the fighting from crossing the frontier.
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Fresh Fighting in Syria Forces Thousands More Into Turkey
Some 4,000 Syrians have sought refuge in Turkey this week, fleeing fresh clashes pitting Kurdish fighters against the Islamic State (IS) group, a Turkish official said today.
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Female Fighters Battle For Freedom and Equality in Syria
About 7,500 women are estimated to have joined the Women's Protection Unit, or YPJ, many as volunteers, which was set up in 2012 as part of the People's Defense Unit (YPG), the Kurds' dominant fighting unit in the northern Syria region of Rojava.
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Syrian Kurds Find Refuge in Camp Named After Suicide Bomber
Syrian Kurdish refugees who streamed into Turkey from Kobane have found sanctuary in a new camp named after a female Kurdish suicide bomber who blew herself up in the battle against jihadists for the besieged Syrian town.
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UN Human Rights Body Warns 400,000 Syrian Kurds Could Flee Islamic State Onslaught
The UN refugee agency warned Tuesday that as many as 400,000 people may flee to Turkey from Syria's Kurdish region to escape attacks by the Islamic State group.
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UNHCR Bracing For Possible Exodus of 400,000 Refugees From Syrian Town into Turkey
The United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday that it was making contingency plans for all 400,000 inhabitants of the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani to flee into Turkey to escape an advance of Islamist militants.
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Syrian Refugee Flight to Turkey One of the Worst Since War Began: UN
Turkey is facing one of the biggest influxes of refugees from neighbouring Syria since the war there began more than three years ago, the United Nations' refugee agency said on Sunday, as civilians continued to flee clashes between Islamic State (IS) militants and Kurdish forces.
