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Several pro-Kurdish demonstrations took place across Turkey on Wednesday as people were enraged over their government’s lack of action regarding the Syrian Kurdish border town Kobane. According to government officials, at least 14 people were killed in the protests. The violence was mostly in the pre-dominantly Kurdish southeast but also flared up in Ankara, Istanbul and other cities, where protestors …

The United States on Tuesday said that it was “horrific” watching the battle of Syrian Kurdish town Kobane in real time and insisted that it doesn’t want the town to fall to the Islamic State (IS). The three-week siege of Kobane seems to be on the verge of ending soon, despite the efforts of the US-led coalition in the town. …

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said that Kobane was “about to fall” after Islamic State (IS) fighters advanced into the southwest part of the town, pressing home their three-week assault, which has reportedly cost around 400 lives. The prospect of the Syrian Kurdish town, which lies on the Turkish border, being captured by the extremists will likely increase pressure …

Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg on Monday said that it will protect Turkey, a member-nation of NATO, against attacks from extremist group Islamic State (IS), which is battling to capture territory in Iran and neighbor Syria near the Turkish borderline. “Turkey is a NATO ally and our main responsibility is to protect the integrity, the borders of Turkey. We …

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu promised that his government will do whatever it can to stop Islamic State (IS) militants from capturing the Syrian Kurdish town Kobane, saying that the Turkish Parliament has approved military action in Syria. The IS has been advancing towards the town of Ain al-Arab, known among the Kurds as Kobane, which lies close to the …

Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus on Monday said that around 130,000 Syrians have flooded across the border in Turkey as Kurdish soldiers continued battling the Islamic State (IS) in their attempts to capture the strategically located town of Ain al-Arab. A spokesman for the IS in a statement issued by the group urged Muslims all over the world to …

Extremists from the Islamic State (IS) have captured several villages around the city of Ain al-Arab thanks to heavy weaponry, as they closed in on the third largest Syrian town, the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights said on Thursday. “IS fighters have seized at least 21 villages around Kobane”, the Observatory’s director Rami Abdel Rahman said, referring to the town …

Saudi Arabia and nine other Arab states agreed in Jeddah on Thursday to rally behind the United States in its fight against extremists from the Islamic State (IS) as it contends to build an international coalition to help combat the extremist group. In its final statement, the United States and the ten nations declared their “shared commitment to stand united …

This year an Index released showing the most “miserable countries in the world in 2013  ” . The “Misery Index” is adding together a country’s unemployment and inflation rates, The higher the number, the more “miserable” the country is. Its method was created by Arthur Okun, the American economist who was a chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers …

On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that its foe Palestinian movement Hamas did not achieve any of its demands in the ceasefire deal that ended 50 days of conflict in the Gaza Strip. “Hamas was hit hard and got none of its demands.Hamas wanted a port and airport in Gaza, the liberation of Palestinian prisoners, the mediation of …