Kobane
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Syrian army kills 'terrorists' near Kobane
World | Nov 21, 2014, 07:10 AM ISTDamascus: Syrian troops reportedly killed tens of "terrorists" in the northern part of the country Thursday.The "terrorists" were killed in the predominantly Kurdish city of Ayn al-Arab, also known as Kobane, Xinhua reported, citing news
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Iraqi Peshmerga starts entering Syria's Kobane
World | Oct 30, 2014, 06:42 PM ISTDamascus: A total of 10 Peshmerga fighters crossed the Turkish borders into Syria's predominantly Kurdish town of Kobane Thursday morning, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.The 10 fighters are the first batch to enter
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Iraqi Kurdish force moves to help fight IS militants in Kobane
World | Oct 28, 2014, 08:44 PM ISTBaghdad: A group of Iraqi Kurdish fighters, known as Peshmerga, headed Tuesday to the Syrian border town of Kobane via Turkey to help local Kurdish people who have been struggling to fend off attacks by
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Over 7,300 Syrians fled Kobane since September: UN
World | Oct 16, 2014, 08:31 AM ISTUnited Nations: The arrival of nearly 1,500 refugees from Syria's Kobane Tuesday due to the Islamic State (IS) militants' attacks brought the total number of people to flee the northern Syrian town to Iraq to