Turkey: Only Syrian refugees can cross to join Kobane fight
Forces known as the Protection of the Kurdish People (YPG) have been fighting militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) for weeks amid growing anger among Kurds in Turkey over Ankaras lack of action. ���Those coming from Syria can go back.
ISIS On Backfoot: Coalition Gets Al-Baghdadi - Analysis.
Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath news channels quoted unnamed sources saying that al-Baghdadi was killed in the raid; the Iraqi government said it would try to confirm the news (since announced the Daesh itself in an effort to rally the ranks).. The fight by Iraqi government units, Kurdish peshmerga, Shiite militias and armed Sunni tribesmen who seized the Rabia crossing with Syria, recaptured Zumar in the north and Jurf al-Sakr south of Baghdad, and opened crucial��.
Non-Muslim Female Fighter Kills Herself to Avoid being.
The Quran stipulates that a man may take four wives as well as hold slave girls as sex slaves. These women are. ���Kurdish female fighter killed herself to avoid being ISIS hostage,��� Al Arabiya October 5, 2014. Ceylan Ozalp, 19, was. But other reports suggested Ozalp, also known as Diren ���which means ���resist��� in Turkish, never left the northern Syrian town of Jezaa, which is still under the Kurdish control, according to International Business Times. Al Arabiya News��.
Kurds use new tactic against ISIS with female suicide bomber
Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) jihadists for the Syrian town of Kobane employed a new tactic when a female suicide bomber blew herself up in an attack claimed to have killed dozens of militants.. With Kurdish.
For Turkey, Assad is mother of all evils
Turkeys unwillingness to join a U.S.-led coalition determined to defeat the Islamic State, or ISIS, is directly linked to Ankaras priorities in Syria. Frustrated by the perseverence of the Syrian regime despite an armed insurgency and a tremendous.
Kurds flee into Turkey in their thousands to escape Isis.
More than 70,000 Kurds fled from northern Syria into Turkey at the weekend and tens of thousands more are trying to cross the border as the terror group Islamic State (Isis) intensified its assault on a crucial Kurdish safe haven near the border. A rearguard of Kurdish. Syria. Saudi Arabia has said it will allow countries training anti-Isis rebels to use its bases and has signalled that it may be prepared to play an overt role in attacking the group. Britain is also under��.
AWFUL BEYOND WORDS | Norman G. Finkelstein
Under American pressure, Turkey announced on the same day that it would allow Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga safe passage from northern Iraq to Kobani; Kurdish fighters have now recaptured part of the town. Washington had.. Prince al-Waleed bin Talal al-Saud, a business magnate and member of the Saudi royal family, said: Saudi Arabia will not be involved directly in fighting Isis in Iraq or Syria, because this does not really affect our country explicitly. In Turkey��.
Egypt to deepen buffer zone with Gaza after finding longer tunnels
The Kurdish YPG militia has been one of ISISs toughest enemies in Syria. Last month it flushed the group out of Kobane on the Turkish border, breaking the militants four-month siege of the town with the help of U.S. and allied air support and Iraqi.
Middle East updates / EU giving Lebanon $42 million to assist Syrian refugees
Kurdish peshmerga forces retook a small crude oil station near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk which Islamic State insurgents seized earlier on Saturday, but the fate of 15 employees remained unclear. Two officials. (Reuters). 3:40 P.M. ISIS.
WHO IS ISIS REALLY? PROOF YOURE NOT GOING TO.
In the most recent video which features British hostage David Haines, the alleged ISIS executioner even bemoans the fact that Washington is arming Kurdish Peshmerga fighters. Again this only seems to. As wars wind down, small-town police inherit armored vehicles. dailymotion.com|By Tats 2. Ankara put al-Maliki under a lot of pressure about the Kurdish autonomy and oil, too much pressure, too early, if youd ask me,��� the source reportedly said. The fierce battle��.
On those who seek to justify the Paris attack
We may even witness crimes that are bloodier than the daily practices of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the al-Nusra Front. Paris is yet. Considering the spread of this Islamic extremist threat, these countries will not keep silent.
Kurds raise their flag in Kobani after nearly defeating ISIS
Kurdish fighters backed by intense U.S.-led airstrikes pushed the Islamic State group almost entirely out of the Syrian town of Kobani on Monday, marking a major loss for extremists whose hopes for easy victory dissolved into a bloody,. activists, credit the air campaign and the arrival in October of heavily armed Kurdish peshmerga fighters from Iraq, who neutralized the Islamic State groups artillery advantage, for bringing key areas of Kobani under Kurdish control.
KURDISH NEWS WEEKLY BRIEFING, 10 ��� 16 January 2015
Out of the 593 MEPs, 511 of them approved the resolution titled ���Freedom of expression in Turkey: Recent arrests of journalists, media executives and systematic pressure against media,��� 11 voted against, while 31 MEPS abstained.. 15 January 2015 / Al Arabiya With more than a thousand militants killed and territory slipping away, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group is losing its grip on the Syrian border town of Kobani under intense U.S.-led airstrikes��.
Syrian opposition members agree crisis roadmap
Hadi Bahra, the head of the Syrian National Coalition, the countrys main political opposition group, speaks during a press conference following his meeting with the Arab Leagues Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby at the leagues headquarters in Cairo.
Syrian rebels enter Kobani from Turkey with peshmerga troops
About 50 men from Free Syrian Army cross border as Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga troops travel towards town.. Last week, Turkey agreed to let the Iraqi-Kurdish fighters cross through its territory following international pressure to take greater action against Isis militants across its borders. The Turkish government said it would only allow peshmerga fighters. US-led air strikes on Syria have killed more than 500 Isis and al-Nusra fighters. 23 Oct 2014. US-led air strikes on��.
The situation in Syria, 2014 in review �� pietervanostaeyen
Within two days rebels led by the Syria Revolutionaries Front (an FSA coalition in Idlib province) expelled ISIS from Harem, Salqin, Kafranbel, Maarat al-Numan, al-Bara, Kafr Zita and ad-Dana. While in Aleppo a. Rebels also made a significant push in the Latakia Mountains, where they captured the town of Kesab, taking the last remaining border crossing with Turkey from the regime, they even managed to reach a small beach at the Mediterranean. Rebels also��.
As defections rise, ISIS faces suicide bomber shortage
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group is facing a shortage of willing martyrs, after a recent string of defections following the loss of a key Syrian border town, activists within its territory say. Since the loss of Kobane late.
Kobani could be another Srebrenica, UN warns | World.
Turkey under pressure to help defend Syrian town after Isis overruns headquarters of Kurdish militia.. In Kobani, council head Anwar Muslim said Isis militia had taken less than a third of the town, but were driving suicide car bombs into the centre in an attempt to take out Kurdish defenders. So far they had all been stopped but he also warned of. Isis, the statement said. Aircraft from the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia participated in these air strikes, it added.
US carries out new air strikes in Iraq, sees erosion of Isis.
Follow live updates on the US-led battle against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.. Kurdish fighters called for US air strikes around the border town of Kobani, which has come under assault from Isis militants. About 140,000. The President spoke briefly today with President Erdogan from Air Force One to discuss our work together to counter the threat posed by ISIL in Iraq and Syria, including steps we can take to advance our already strong cooperation.
US Boosts Support for Kurdish Militia in Syria | Global.
kobani-turkey-isis-protests. The Obama administration has stepped up its war inside Syria with air drops of military and medical supplies on Sunday to beleaguered Kurdish forces holding the town of Kobani against a sustained offensive by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militia.. Under pressure from Washington to include Sunni politicians into his predominantly Shiite government, Abadi nominated Sunni parliamentarian Khalid al-Obeidi as defence minister.
After execution of Japanese hostages, will Sajida be released?
If it hadnt been for international pressure, Japan would have paid a hefty ransom to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to release the two Japanese hostages who were kidnapped in Syria... The recapture of Kobane by Kurdish Peshmerga.
ISIS under pressure as Kurds take Syrian town
The Kurdish YPG militia has been one of ISISs toughest enemies in Syria. Last month it flushed the group out of Kobane on the Turkish border, breaking the militants four-month siege of the town with the help of U.S. and allied air support and Iraqi.
Peshmerga troops start entering Syrian border town
Under pressure to take greater action against the IS militants - from the West as well as from Kurds in Turkey and Syria - the Turkish government recently agreed to let the fighters cross through its territory. But it only is allowing the Peshmerga.
France denies Security Council draft against Hezbollah
A Lebanese Shiite Muslim reacts, as he listens to the death story of Imam Hussein, during the Ashoura ceremony held by Hezbollah, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday Nov. 25, 2012. (AP) .
A Turkish perspective: Kurdish groups exposed
Ever since ISIS started to crush the Democratic Union Party (PYD) guerillas in their self-designated cantons in northern Syria, the international community set off a campaign to appoint Turkey as the scapegoat for badly failing U.S. foreign policy.
Sunday 21 September 2014 : Support Kurds in Syria
While the Turkish authorities do everything they can to ensure the passage of ISIS gang members, when it comes to people from Rojava pressure of numbers is used as a pretext for delay.. Then Isil split from Jabhat al-Nusra in the summer of last year, taking thousands of its recruits and their weapons with it, along with territory the group controlled in the east of the country... Britain is also under pressure to join the fray now that the Scottish referendum is over.
ISIS at gates of Syrias Kobane town
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group fighters have advanced further towards the Syrian Kurdish town of Ain al-Arab, a monitoring group warned early Thursday, as local fighters retreated from one of the areas fronts.. The advances came hours after.
Turkey MPs back military involvement in Iraq and Syria as Isis
Ankara has been under pressure to take a tougher stance against Isis. Photograph:. Turkeys parliament has voted to authorise military action against Islamic State (Isis) militants as the jihadists advanced within a couple of miles of the encircled Kurdish town of Kobani along the Turkish-Syrian border.. He also underlined that one of Turkeys priorities remained the removal of the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, an aim not shared by the US-led military coalition.
ISIS Caliph Al Baghdadi Critically Wounded After Being.
The leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was ���critically wounded��� when a U.S.-led air strike targeted the western Iraqi border town of al-Qaim, tribal sources told Al Arabiya News Channel on Saturday. U.S. Central. Meanwhile, the Syrian Kurdish YPG fighters, with assistance from coalition airstrikes, Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga, and some FSA fighters, seem to be pushing ISIS out of Kobane and may soon have them on the run.
Will Turkey become an ally?
The past 10 years have seen Gulf relations with Turkey change between love, admiration and anger. However, Ankara has continued to be of significant value, especially to countries in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia. Despite disputes, Turkey has .
Syrian Kurd leader sees war of attrition in Kobane
The battle for the Syrian town of Kobane will turn into a war of attrition unless Kurds defending it from an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) onslaught get arms that can repel tanks and armored vehicles, a Syrian Kurdish leader told a pan-Arab.
Battle for Kobani: Isis bears down despite US air strikes and.
Reuters report: At least nine people were killed and dozens wounded in demonstrations across Turkey on Tuesday, local media reported, as Kurds demanded the government do more to protect the Syrian Kurdish town of��.