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  US-led airstrikes in Kobani wiped out hundreds of Islamic State militants: Pentagon

  World | October 16, 2014 17:03 IST

  Washington: A barrage of US-led airstrikes in and around the Syrian city of Kobani, including 39 over the past two days, has killed hundreds of Islamic State fighters and has stiffened the city's Kurdish defenders,

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  Inherent Resolve: US fight against ISIS finally gets a name

  World | October 16, 2014 16:56 IST

  Washington: It may be less punchy than previous nicknames for US conflicts in the Middle East; remember Operation Desert Storm andits thunderous attacks on Saddam Hussein's occupation army; but the Pentagon has finally named its