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  Iraqi Peshmerga starts entering Syria's Kobane

  World | October 30, 2014 18:42 IST

  Damascus: 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 | October 28, 2014 20:44 IST

  Baghdad: 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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  Iraqi forces, Kurdish Peshmerga free two towns from IS

  World | October 25, 2014 21:59 IST

  Baghdad: Iraqi security forces and Kurdish Peshmerga freed two towns in northern and central Iraq Saturday after fierce clashes with militants of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organisation, a security source said.In the early hours