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Kurds thwart new jihadist bid to cut off Syria town


Sunday, 19 October, 2014 , 01:38 AFP — Kurdish forces in the Syrian town of Kobane repulsed a new attempt by Islamic State fighters to cut off the border with Turkey Saturday as troops battled the jihadists in neighbouring Iraq.

Kurds thwart new jihadist bid to cut off Syria town


Saturday, 18 October, 2014 , 18:33 AFP — Kurdish forces in the Syrian town of Kobane repulsed a new attempt by Islamic State fighters to cut off the border with Turkey Saturday as troops battled the jihadists in neighbouring Iraq.

Kurds thwart new jihadist bid to cut off Syria town


Saturday, 18 October, 2014 , 16:28 AFP — Kurdish forces in the Syrian town of Kobane repulsed a new attempt by Islamic State fighters to cut off the border with Turkey Saturday as troops battled the jihadists in neighbouring Iraq.

Kurds thwart new jihadist bid to cut off Syria town


Saturday, 18 October, 2014 , 12:13 AFP — Kurdish forces in the Syrian town of Kobane repulsed a new attempt by Islamic State fighters to cut off the border with Turkey Saturday as troops battled the jihadists in neighbouring Iraq.

Kurds thwart new jihadist bid to cut off Syria town


Saturday, 18 October, 2014 , 08:50 AFP — Kurdish forces in the Syrian town of Kobane repulsed a new attempt by Islamic State fighters to cut off the border with Turkey Saturday as troops battled the jihadists in neighbouring Iraq.

US planes, Iraqi ground forces battle IS jihadists


Friday, 17 October, 2014 , 15:10 AFP — US-led warplanes pummelled jihadists in Syria on Friday as local forces fought the Islamic State group on the ground in neighbouring Iraq, which the US military declared its top priority.

Watching Kobane resistance, refugees allow themselves to hope


Friday, 17 October, 2014 , 14:52 AFP — It's hardly the moment to plan a victory parade -- but the mood has changed.

'Encouraging' signs in Syrian border town: US commander


Friday, 17 October, 2014 , 14:42 AFP — There have been "encouraging" signs in recent days in the battle over the Syrian border town of Kobane, with US air strikes slowing the advance of Islamic State jihadists, a top US commander said Friday.

US pounds IS in Kobane after first talks with Syria Kurds


Friday, 17 October, 2014 , 10:04 AFP — US-led warplanes pummelled jihadists attacking the Syrian town of Kobane Friday as the Pentagon said there was no imminent threat to Baghdad despite a wave of deadly bombings.

Kurds hold out in Syria's Kobane one month into IS assault


Friday, 17 October, 2014 , 01:42 AFP — Kurdish fighters backed by a flurry of US-led air strikes were still holding out Thursday against jihadists in Kobane, as an Islamic State offensive on the Syrian border town entered its second month.