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Turkey Votes on New Powers to Fight Islamic State

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By John Beck
Pulse

Kobane Residents Remain Defiant as Islamic State Closes In

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By John Beck
Pulse

‘Planes from Turkish Lands’ Strike Targets Near Syrian Town of Kobane, Residents Claim

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By John Beck and Hannah Strange
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By Ryan Faith
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As Europeans Flock to Syria and Iraq to Join the Islamic State, Some Kurds Make the Same Trip to Go Fight Them

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By Alice Speri
Pulse

‘We Will Kill Them as Soon as the Cameras Aren’t Here’: Anti-Arab Sentiment On Rise In Iraqi Kurdistan

09.15.14

By John Beck
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By Justin Ling
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By Liz Fields
Pulse

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By Liz Fields
Pulse

New Islamic State Video Appears to Show Beheading of Kurdish Fighter

08.29.14

By John Beck
Pulse

Iran Was First to Supply Iraq’s Kurds With Weapons to Battle the Islamic State

08.26.14

By John Beck
Pulse

Meet the PKK ‘Terrorists’ Battling the Islamic State on the Frontlines of Iraq

08.22.14

By John Beck

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