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IS frees remaining Kurdish child hostages in Syria: monitor


Wednesday, 29 October, 2014 , 19:05 AFP The Islamic State group on Wednesday freed 25 Kurdish schoolchildren kidnapped by its fighters in northern Syria in May, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

IS frees 25 Kurdish schoolchildren held in Syria: monitor


Wednesday, 29 October, 2014 , 18:42 AFP The Islamic State group on Wednesday freed 25 Kurdish schoolchildren its fighters had kidnapped in northern Syria in May, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

IS jihadists free 25 Kurdish schoolchildren held in Syria: NGO


Wednesday, 29 October, 2014 , 18:32 AFP

US warplanes bomb IS near Kobane to aid Kurds in Syria


Wednesday, 29 October, 2014 , 18:03 AFP US warplanes renewed air strikes against Islamic State jihadists near the Syrian town of Kobane, as Iraqi peshmerga soldiers prepared to reinforce their fellow Kurds in the border area, the US military said on Wednesday.

Gunmen badly wound Turkish soldier in Kurdish city: army


Wednesday, 29 October, 2014 , 17:55 AFP A Turkish soldier was on Wednesday fighting for his life in hospital after being shot by two masked gunmen in Turkey's biggest Kurdish-populated city of Diyarbakir in the southeast of the country, the army said.

Kurds cheer reinforcements for Syria's Kobane


Wednesday, 29 October, 2014 , 16:05 AFP Crowds of flag-waving Kurds greeted Iraqi peshmerga fighters travelling through Turkey Wednesday to join opposition rebels reinforcing the Syrian town of Kobane against an attack by the Islamic State jihadist group.

US warplanes bomb IS near Kobane to aid Kurds in Syria


Wednesday, 29 October, 2014 , 14:14 AFP US warplanes renewed air strikes against Islamic State jihadists near the Syrian town of Kobane, as Iraqi peshmerga soldiers prepared to reinforce their fellow Kurds in the border area, the US military said on Wednesday.

Syria rebels cross from Turkey to join Kobane battle


Wednesday, 29 October, 2014 , 09:21 AFP A group of fighters from the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) crossed into Syria from Turkey on Wednesday to join Kurdish fighters defending the border town of Kobane against Islamic State jihadists, a local Turkish official said.

Syria rebels cross from Turkey to join Kobane battle: official


Wednesday, 29 October, 2014 , 08:50 AFP A group of 150 Syrian fighters from the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) on Wednesday crossed into Syria from Turkey to join Kurdish fighters defending the border town of Kobane against Islamic State jihadists, a local Turkish official said.

Iraqi Kurdish fighters bound for Kobane arrive in Turkey


Wednesday, 29 October, 2014 , 03:47 AFP Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters bound for the battleground Syrian town of Kobane where they will confront Islamic State jihadists arrived in neighbouring Turkey Wednesday and headed for the border, a Turkish official told AFP.