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US-Led Air Strikes Focus on Islamic State Kobane in Syria
US-led air strikes in Syria focused on the contested city of Kobane near the Turkish border on Thursday, with six air strikes that destroyed seven Islamic State fighting positions, a building and a tactical unit, the US military said.
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Air Strikes Hit Kobane as Kurdish Peshmerga Prepare to Enter
U.S.-led air strikes hit Islamic State positions around the Syrian border town of Kobane on Friday in an apparent bid to pave the way for heavily-armed Kurdish peshmerga forces to enter from neighbouring Turkey.
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Iraqi Kurdish Forces Enter Syria to Fight Islamic State
A first group of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters entered the besieged Syrian town of Kobane on Thursday to help push back Islamic State militants who have defied U.S. air strikes and threatened to massacre its Kurdish defenders.
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Kurdish Convoy Heads to Syria to Take on Islamic State
A convoy of Iraqi peshmerga fighters and weaponry made its way across southeastern Turkey on Wednesday en route for the Syrian town of Kobane to try to help fellow Kurds break an Islamic State siege which has defied U.S.-led air strikes.
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Grateful for US Strikes, Syrian Kurds Name Baby 'Obama'
Sultan Muslim, a Syrian Kurd, had no doubt what to name her seventh child when he was born, safely in Turkey, after a harrowing month-long flight from her home in Kobane: Obama.
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US Reports 12 Air Strikes Against Islamic State in Syria, Iraq
U.S. forces, in coordination with Iraqi ground troops, also conducted six air strikes against the militant group in Iraq near Fallujah and Bayji with help from France and the United Kingdom, Central Command said.
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Jihadists Seize Kurdish Headquarters in Syria's Kobane, Massacre Feared
Islamic State jihadists have captured the headquarters of Kurdish fighters defending the Syrian border town of Kobane, with a UN envoy warning thousands would likely be massacred if it falls to them.
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US Strikes 'Exposed' Islamic State Force Near Kobane: Officials
US-led aircraft pounded Islamic State militants near Kobane on Thursday as officials said the jihadists' bid to seize the Syrian border town had "exposed" them to warplanes overhead.
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US Military Reports Six Airstrikes Against Islamic State Near Kobane
The US military said six airstrikes targeting Islamic State had struck the militant group near the Syrian Kurdish border town of Kobane on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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US-Led Air Strikes Focus on Islamic State Kobane in Syria
US-led air strikes in Syria focused on the contested city of Kobane near the Turkish border on Thursday, with six air strikes that destroyed seven Islamic State fighting positions, a building and a tactical unit, the US military said.
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Air Strikes Hit Kobane as Kurdish Peshmerga Prepare to Enter
U.S.-led air strikes hit Islamic State positions around the Syrian border town of Kobane on Friday in an apparent bid to pave the way for heavily-armed Kurdish peshmerga forces to enter from neighbouring Turkey.
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Iraqi Kurdish Forces Enter Syria to Fight Islamic State
A first group of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters entered the besieged Syrian town of Kobane on Thursday to help push back Islamic State militants who have defied U.S. air strikes and threatened to massacre its Kurdish defenders.
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Kurdish Convoy Heads to Syria to Take on Islamic State
A convoy of Iraqi peshmerga fighters and weaponry made its way across southeastern Turkey on Wednesday en route for the Syrian town of Kobane to try to help fellow Kurds break an Islamic State siege which has defied U.S.-led air strikes.
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Grateful for US Strikes, Syrian Kurds Name Baby 'Obama'
Sultan Muslim, a Syrian Kurd, had no doubt what to name her seventh child when he was born, safely in Turkey, after a harrowing month-long flight from her home in Kobane: Obama.
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US Reports 12 Air Strikes Against Islamic State in Syria, Iraq
U.S. forces, in coordination with Iraqi ground troops, also conducted six air strikes against the militant group in Iraq near Fallujah and Bayji with help from France and the United Kingdom, Central Command said.
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Jihadists Seize Kurdish Headquarters in Syria's Kobane, Massacre Feared
Islamic State jihadists have captured the headquarters of Kurdish fighters defending the Syrian border town of Kobane, with a UN envoy warning thousands would likely be massacred if it falls to them.
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US Strikes 'Exposed' Islamic State Force Near Kobane: Officials
US-led aircraft pounded Islamic State militants near Kobane on Thursday as officials said the jihadists' bid to seize the Syrian border town had "exposed" them to warplanes overhead.
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US Military Reports Six Airstrikes Against Islamic State Near Kobane
The US military said six airstrikes targeting Islamic State had struck the militant group near the Syrian Kurdish border town of Kobane on Tuesday and Wednesday.
