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Islamic State kills at least 145 civilians in Syria's Kobani

Islamic State fighters killed at least 145 civilians in an attack on the Syrian town of Kobani and a...

Jun 26, 2015 07:06 PM EDT

Iraqi refinery may be destroyed in battle to save it

Islamic State militants have dug trenches around natural gas and hydrogen tanks at Iraq's largest re...

May 13, 2015 11:21 AM EDT

Syrians slowly return to Kobani after Kurds win back border town

Around 4,000 refugees have trickled back to the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani but many are wary of r...

Feb 23, 2015 09:50 AM EST

Kurds regain Syrian villages from Islamic State: monitor

Kurdish forces backed by U.S.-led air strikes have regained control of at least 163 villages around ...

Feb 14, 2015 07:42 AM EST

Islamic State in Syria seen under strain but far from collapse

Islamic State's defeat in Kobani and other recent setbacks in Syria suggest the group is under strai...

Feb 06, 2015 06:31 AM EST

Turkey opens biggest refugee camp for 35,000 from Kobani

Turkey opened its biggest refugee camp on Sunday to house 35,000 people fleeing fighting between Kur...

Jan 26, 2015 05:37 AM EST

Iraqi Kurds reinforce Kobani; U.S. planes pound Islamic State targets

Syrian Kurds welcomed the arrival in Kobani of Iraqi Kurdish fighters with their heavy weapons, hopi...

Nov 01, 2014 06:16 PM EDT

Kurds' battle for Kobani unites a people divided by borders

Cloaked in Kurdish flags, thousands of people lined the roads to cheer on a military convoy headed f...

Oct 31, 2014 09:24 AM EDT

Assad's warnings start to ring true in Turkey

When Sunni rebels rose up against Syria's Bashar al-Assad in 2011, Turkey reclassified its protégé...

Oct 27, 2014 10:17 PM EDT

East of Kobani, Turkish town appreciates 'peace' brought by Islamic State

Residents of a Turkish border town, an hour's drive from where Islamic State is battling for control...

Oct 23, 2014 10:11 AM EDT

U.S. Defense Secretary sees long-term fight against Islamic State

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Saturday that the embattled Syrian city of Kobani was a v...

Oct 12, 2014 03:11 AM EDT

Kobani's fall would be symbolic setback for Obama Syria strategy

It's not a particularly strategic location, the United States and its allies never pledged to defend...

Oct 10, 2014 11:09 PM EDT

Threat to Syrian town tests patience for U.S. strategy

The threat from Islamic State fighters to the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani is an early test of the ...

Oct 09, 2014 02:15 AM EDT

About 60,000 Syrian Kurds flee to Turkey from Islamic State advance

About 60,000 Syrian Kurds fled into Turkey in the space of 24 hours, a deputy prime minister said on...

Sep 21, 2014 12:31 AM EDT

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