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	<title>Bashdar Pusho Ismaeel &#187; Kobane</title>
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		<title>Kobane massacre shows that double-standards to Syrian Kurdish forces must end</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2015/06/kobane-massacre-shows-that-double-standards-to-syrian-kurdish-forces-must-end/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2015 00:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Syrian Kurdish People&#8217;s Protection Units (YPG) forces were celebrating rapid gains against the Islamic State (IS) in the strategically important border town of Tel Abyad and then Ayn Issa, just 50 km from the self-declared IS capital of Raqqa, IS committed one of their worst massacres to date in Kobane. Disguised as YPG [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>How the battle for Kobane and Peshmerga deployment eroded borders between Kurds</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2014 00:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barely a few weeks ago, Kobane was surrounded on three sides by heavily armed Islamic State (IS) forces and in danger of imminent collapse. Now, Kobane has propelled itself as the symbol of the international battle against IS but more importantly it has placed the Syrian Kurds under great international spotlight. Few would have imagined [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>How the struggle for Kobane transformed the regional dynamic</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2014 00:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I don&#8217;t understand why Kobane is so strategic for the US, there are no civilians left there”, bemoanedthe disillusionedTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after the US conducted multiple aidrops of military and medical supplies to the Syrian Kurdish YPG forces. Whilst Turkey has downplayed the significance of the small town, Kobane has become a symbol [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>How Kobane placed a dark cloud on the peace process in Turkey</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2014 00:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Out-gunned, out-numbered and lacking firepower, it was the tenacity and willpower of the Syrian Kurdish forces that prevented an overrun of the Kurdish town of Kobane on the Turkish border and a likely massacre under the hands of the Islamic State (IS). As the town of Kobane faced a dire threat under the hands of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>After Iraq, West is obliged to support Syrian Kurds at the hands of IS</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/09/after-iraq-west-is-obliged-to-support-syrian-kurds-at-the-hands-of-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2014 00:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rapid and barbaric advance of the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq gripped the world’s attention, leading to eventual Western intervention and arming of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces. However, the IS problem has long festered untouched in Syria. The Kurdish People&#8217;s Protection Units (YPG) forces have been locked in bloody battles with IS militants since [&#8230;]]]></description>
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