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Turkey eyes new police powers after pro-Kurdish protests


Wednesday, 15 October, 2014 , 11:58 AFP The Turkish government on Wednesday presented a bill granting greater powers to the security forces after dozens of people died in a wave of Kurdish-led protests, with the opposition accusing the authorities of creating a "police state".

US 'deeply concerned' about Kobane: Obama


Tuesday, 14 October, 2014 , 20:57 AFP President Barack Obama on Tuesday expressed grave concern over the plight of the Syrian town of Kobane under attack by Islamic State jihadists, and said a US-led coalition would keep up bombing raids there and in western Iraq.

US 'deeply concerned' about Kobane: Obama


Tuesday, 14 October, 2014 , 20:37 AFP President Barack Obama on Tuesday expressed grave concern over the plight of the Syrian town of Kobane under attack by Islamic State jihadists and said a US-led coalition would keep up bombing raids there and in western Iraq.

21 air raids slow IS advance near Kobane: US military


Tuesday, 14 October, 2014 , 16:29 AFP US-led aircraft hammered Islamic State jihadists with 21 bombing raids near Kobane on Monday and Tuesday amid signs the strikes had "slowed" the group's advance on the Syrian border town, the American military said.

160 detained Kobane Kurds still on hunger strike in Turkey: MP


Tuesday, 14 October, 2014 , 16:20 AFP Scores of Kurds from the besieged Syrian town of Kobane are still on hunger strike after being detained by Turkey in a border town when they fled the advance of jihadists, an MP said on Wednesday.

21 air raids slow IS advance near Kobane: US military


Tuesday, 14 October, 2014 , 16:02 AFP US-led aircraft hammered Islamic State jihadists with 21 bombing raids near Kobane on Monday and Tuesday amid signs the strikes had "slowed" the group's advance on the Syrian border town, the American military said.

21 air raids slow IS advance near Kobane: US military


Tuesday, 14 October, 2014 , 15:37 AFP US-led aircraft hammered Islamic State jihadists with 21 bombing raids near Kobane on Monday and Tuesday and there were signs the strikes had "slowed" the group's advance on the Syrian border town, the American military said.

Turkey bombs PKK in first strikes since ceasefire


Tuesday, 14 October, 2014 , 15:11 AFP Turkish jets have bombed Kurdish rebel targets in the southeast of the country in the first such strikes against the separatists since an increasingly fragile 2013 ceasefire, officials said Tuesday.

Coalition chiefs seek plan to counter IS advance


Tuesday, 14 October, 2014 , 12:09 AFP Military commanders from the United States and its allies will hold talks Tuesday on the fight against jihadists in Syria and Iraq, after air strikes failed to stop their advance.

Kurdish town becomes symbolic heart of war against jihadists


Tuesday, 14 October, 2014 , 11:53 AFP Few people had ever heard of Kobane before recent weeks, but the once-sleepy Syrian border town has become a crucial symbolic battleground in the fight against Islamic State jihadists.