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45,000 Syrian Kurds enter Turkey: Deputy PM


Saturday, 20 September, 2014 , 08:40 AFP — Some 45,000 Syrian Kurds fleeing clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants have entered Turkey a day after Ankara opened up its border, Turkey's deputy prime minister said on Saturday.

Turkish hostages freed, jihadists advance in Syria


Saturday, 20 September, 2014 , 08:10 AFP — Forty-nine Turks were freed Saturday more than three months after the Islamic State group kidnapped them in Iraq, as the US sought to strengthen a coalition to defeat the jihadists.

18 IS jihadists killed fighting Syria Kurds: monitor


Saturday, 20 September, 2014 , 06:33 AFP — At least 18 jihadists from the Islamic State group were killed in overnight clashes with Kurdish fighters in northern Syria near a strategic border, a monitoring group said Saturday.

France launch Iraq strikes as jihadists advance in Syria


Friday, 19 September, 2014 , 17:45 AFP — France mounted its first air strike to beat back the Islamic State group in Iraq on Friday, even as jihadists across the border in Syria seized dozens of Kurdish villages in a lightning offensive.

IS jihadists capture 60 Kurdish villages in Syria: NGO


Friday, 19 September, 2014 , 17:23 AFP — Islamic State jihadists have seized 60 Kurdish villages near the Turkish border in a lightning two-day campaign, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Friday.

France begins strikes in Iraq as anti-jihadist drive widens


Friday, 19 September, 2014 , 15:41 AFP — France carried out its first air strike against the Islamic State group in Iraq Friday, boosting US-led efforts to unite the world against the growing threat posed by the jihadists.

Turkey opens border to Syrian Kurds fleeing IS


Friday, 19 September, 2014 , 11:59 AFP — Turkey on Friday opened up its border to thousands of Kurds fleeing clashes with Islamic State (IS) insurgents in neighbouring Syria, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said.

Turkey opens border to Syrian Kurds: PM


Friday, 19 September, 2014 , 10:57 AFP — Turkey on Friday opened up its border to thousands of Syrian Kurds fleeing clashes with Islamic State (IS) insurgents in neighbouring Syria, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said.

Turkey opens up border to Syrian Kurds: TV footage


Friday, 19 September, 2014 , 10:32 AFP — Turkey on Friday opened up its border to Syrian Kurds fleeing clashes with Islamic State (IS) insurgents in neighbouring Syria, local media reported.

Turkish protesters tear-gassed near Syrian border: report


Friday, 19 September, 2014 , 09:58 AFP — Turkish police and troops fired tear gas and water cannon on Friday at scores of people staging a protest near the Syrian border at Ankara's refusal to take in Kurds fleeing clashes with Islamic State (IS) jihadists, local media reported.