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TURKEY, Mursitpinar : A shell explodes on November 13, 2014 in the Syrian city of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, as seen from the Turkish border village of Mursitpinar, Sanliurfa province. A report issued on November 13 by the Norwegian Refugee Council and International Rescue Committee says Syrians are increasingly unable to escape their country's war as tougher policies in potential host nations are preventing them from taking refuge in the region and beyond. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS

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Syria activists say Kobani death toll passes 800

MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — A Syrian activist group said Sunday that the death toll in 40 days of fighting in and around the northern Syrian border town of Kobani has reached 815, as Kurdish fighters battled Muslim militants for a hill west of the town. Source: Associated Press

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Kobani defenders hold out as Iraq Kurds vote on reinforcements

Kobani defenders hold out as Iraq Kurds vote on reinforcements

Smoke rises over the Syrian town of Kobani.

MURSITPINAR, Turkey: Kurdish fighters defending Syria’s border town of Kobani held out against the Islamic State group Wednesday, anxious for relief as Iraq’s Kurdish parliament was set to vote on sending reinforcements.

Backed by air strikes from a US-led coalition, the Kurds have been defending the town on the Turkish border against a fierce IS…

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MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — A U.S.-led coalition airstrike on a gas distribution facility in a stronghold of the Islamic State group set off a series of secondary explosions and killed at least eight people in eastern Syria, activists said Saturday. Source: Associated Press

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MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — In its battle for the Syrian town of Kobani, the Islamic State group enjoys a key advantage: a supply of weapons, ammunition and fighters shuttling between Syria and Iraq. Source: Associated Press

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MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — A Syrian Kurdish official called on the international community on Thursday to allow weapons into the border town of Kobani, saying the town was still in danger from Islamic State militants, despite small advances by Kurdish fighters. Source: Associated Press

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MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — A Syrian Kurdish official is calling on the international community to allow weapons into the border town of Kobani for the fight against Islamic State militants. Source: Associated Press

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MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — Intensified U.S.-led airstrikes and a determined Kurdish military force on the ground appear to have had some success in halting advances by Islamic State fighters on a strategic Kurdish town near Syria's border with Turkey — at least for now. Source: Associated Press