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US Air Strikes Help Iraq Repel IS Offensive on Mosul Dam
Iraqi forces backed by US air strikes have repelled an offensive of Islamic State (IS) militants against key Mosul dam in northern Iraq, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
Islamist party member killed in eastern Turkey
A 35-year-old man has been attacked and killed in the eastern province of Bingöl, health officials have said.
The victim, Fethi Yalçın, was leaving his home in the Karlıova district of Bingöl in the early hours of Oct. 22 when the armed attack took place.
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Israel says no plan to allow Jews to pray at Al-Aqsa
Israel on Oct.22 reassured Jordan that it would not allow Jewish prayer at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound, after reports of a possible change raised concerns in the Arab world.
US chose wrong path, ISIL took Kobane arms, Erdoğan says
Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan said he has been proven right for his objections to the U.S. airdropping of weapons to the Syrian border town of Kobane, claiming that some of the supplies ended up in the hands of jihadist militants.
200 Iraqi Kurdish fighters to be sent to Kobane
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq has decided to send 200 Peshmerga fighters with heavy weapons to Kobane, as a first step after Turkey announced that it would allow Kurdish forces to travel to Syria in order to fight against Islamist jihadists.
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Syria says it shot down two ISIL jets
Syria's air force has destroyed two fighter jets operated by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in the north of the country, Information Minister Omran Zoabi said in remarks published on Syria's state news agency SANA late on Oct. 21.
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Kurdish fighters received vast majority of US supply drop: Pentagon
The Pentagon said the vast majority of military supplies air dropped near the Syrian city of Kobane had reached the Kurdish fighters they were intended to help
Iraqi Kurdish security forces have not yet crossed into Syria via Turkey: Turkish FM
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said Iraqi Kurdish security forces, the Peshmerga, have yet to cross into Syria via Turkey to help defend Kobane against ISIL. ‘Talks about their route are continuing. We won’t publicize any details until they are finalized,’ he added
Turkey Adopts Tough Measures Against Violation of Public Order
Protesters covering their faces in Turkey will be arrested, and using Molotov cocktails will be considered equal to bombing, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has announced.
"For every burned or damaged car I will send 10 armored vehicles with tear gas and water cannons against the vandals," local media quoted Davutoglu as saying Tuesday.
Syrian Kurds weather ISIL assault as they await reinforcements
Kurdish fighters in the battleground Syrian town of Kobane weathered an onslaught by ISIL militants as they awaited promised reinforcements from Iraq