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Smoke from a fire rises following a strike in Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, as seen from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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US airdrops arms to Kurds in Syrian town of Kobani

Robert Burns · October 20, 2014 8:08 am

U.S. strikes more Islamic State targets in Syrian city of Kobani

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U.S. strikes more Islamic State targets in Syrian city of Kobani

Sean Higgins · October 18, 2014 8:48 pm

FILE - This undated image posted on Aug. 27, 2014 by the Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group, a Syrian opposition group, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows fighters of the Islamic State group waving the group's flag from a damaged display of a government fighter jet following the battle for the Tabqa air base, in Raqqa, Syria. The Islamic State group is test flying, with the help of former Iraqi air force pilots, several fighter jets captured earlier from air bases belonging to the Syrian military, a Syrian activist group said Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. The report by the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights could not be independently confirmed, and U.S. official said they had no reports of Islamic State group militants flying jets in support of their forces on the ground.(AP Photo/ Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group)

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Former Iraqi pilots train IS fighters on MiG jets

Diaa Hadid · October 17, 2014 7:08 pm

US meets with Syrian Kurds linked to terror group

US meets with Syrian Kurds linked to terror group

Lara Jakes · October 16, 2014 7:26 pm

People gather on a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, to watch fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group in Kobani, Syria, over the border, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Kurds hold their own against militants in Syria

LEFTERIS PITARAKISZEINA KARAM · October 15, 2014 8:56 pm

Kurdish people sit by the grave as they mourn their loved one, a Kurdish fighter, name not given, who was killed in the fighting with the militants of the Islamic State group in Kobani, Syria, and was buried at a cemetery in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Syrian Kurds press hundreds of young men into army

Bassem Mroue · October 15, 2014 2:51 pm

President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with more than 20 foreign defense ministers on the ongoing operations against the Islamic State group, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Obama and military chiefs in a show of strength against Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Turkish strikes on Kurds complicate anti-IS fight

JULIE PACESUZAN FRASER · October 14, 2014 10:40 pm

FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014 file photo, Kurdish Rabia Ali, right, accompanied by her son Ali Mehmud, mourn at the grave of her son Seydo Mehmud 'Curo' , a Kurdish fighter, who was killed in the fighting with the militants of the Islamic State group in Kobani, Syria, and was buried at a cemetery in Suruc, Turkey. No one contests that the U.S.-led coalition has conducted more than 40 airstrikes against the militants besieging Kobani, nor that Turkey has granted refuge to more than 200,000 people who have flooded across the border to escape the offensive. But Kurds say that both countries - and the international community in general - should be doing more to help save Kobani from the fanatical militants who have massacred and beheaded their enemies across Syria and Iraq. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

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Syrian Kurds feel abandoned as Kobani battle rages

Ryan Lucas · October 14, 2014 9:52 pm

Mourners chant slogans during the funeral of four female Kurdish fighters, killed in the fighting with the militants of the Islamic State group in Kobani, Syria, at a cemetery in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Report: Turkish jets hit Kurdish rebel targets

SUZAN FRASERDESMOND BUTLER · October 14, 2014 5:01 pm

Sen. Marco Rubio called on Turkey to play a greater role in the U.S.-led effort against the Islamic State, saying it has a responsibility "as a member of NATO" to give safe haven to refugees fleeing battle-torn northern Syria. (AP/Molly Riley)

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Rubio: Turkey must give Kurds safe haven

Sean Lengell · October 13, 2014 7:21 pm

Some thousand Kurds protest against the Islamic State militants attack on the Syrian city Kobani with a flag showing Kurdistan Workers' Party imprisoned leader Abdullah Ocalan in Duesseldorf, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

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20,000 Kurds protest against IS in Germany

Washington Examiner · October 11, 2014 7:35 pm

Turkey agrees to allow Syrian opposition to be trained in Turkey

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Turkey agrees to allow Syrian opposition to be trained in Turkey

Justin Green · October 11, 2014 3:59 pm