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BRUCE FEIN: Obama: Follow the Reagan precedent set in Lebanon

By Bruce Fein

To the rescue: Iraqi peshmerga fighters have entered the northern Syrian town of Kobani to join the Kurdish resistance. The forces have coordinated attacks against Islamic State militants, who have been besieging the strategic city for weeks. (Associated Press)

Turkey allows Iraqi reinforcements for Kurds battling Islamic State in Kobani

By Jacob Resneck — Special to The Washington Times

Peshmerga troops start entering Syrian border town

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Syrian rebels enter Kurdish town from Turkey

By Elena Becatoros and Zeina Karam - Associated Press

A man speaks on a cellphone while watching the town of Kobani during airstrikes by the US led coalition on the outskirts of Suruc, near the Turkey-Syria border, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Iraqi Kurds head for Kobani to join fight against Islamic State

Associated Press

Syrians and Turks are seen at the Turkish border crossing of Oncunipar, Kilis, Turkey, in this Sept. 28, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Smugglers offer $20 passage from Turkey to Syria

By Desmond Butler and Ryan Lucas - Associated Press

President Obama and Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Associated Press/File)

CHARLES ORTEL: Erdogan’s Turkey an unreliable ally against jihadists

By Charles Ortel

War Loot: Islamic State militants rummage through a cache of weapons airdropped by U.S.-led coalition forces. The weapons were meant to supply Kurdish forces battling the extremist group in Kobani, Syria, but "now they are spoils for the mujahedeen," one militant said. (Associated Press)

Islamic State seizes airdropped U.S. weapons as Kurds await troop reinforcements

By Jacob Resneck — Special to The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Turkey’s Erdogan using Stalin’s playbook

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Smoke rises following an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition in Kobani, Syria as fighting continues between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, as seen from Mursitpinar, on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Military officials from 22 countries meet to plot war strategy against Islamic State

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Josh Earnest speaks said the U.S. is making progress in the fight against the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

‘We are succeeding’ in fight against Islamic State: White House

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama meets with members of his public health and national security team about the response to the diagnosis of a second Ebola case in Dallas, Texas, Monday, Oct. 13, 2014, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama to meet with allies on militant fight

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

Turkish officials on Monday denied the existence of a deal to allow U.S.-led forces battling the Islamic State to conduct operations from bases inside Turkey, such as Incirlik. This made for an awkward situation for National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice, who announced such a cooperation ahead of an international strategy session. (associated press)

Turkey denies U.S. base deal in place for Islamic State battle

By Guy Taylor and Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Kurdish Rabia Ali, right, accompanied by her son Ali Mehmud, left, mourn on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, at the grave of her son Seydo Mehmud 'Curo' , a Kurdish fighter, who was killed in the fighting with the militants of the Islamic State group in Kobani, Syria, and was buried at a cemetery in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border on Tuesday, Oct. 7. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Kurds struggle to defend Kobani from Islamic State: ‘We have only simple weapons’

Associated Press

Turkish soldiers on a tank hold their position on a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, overlooking Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. The fighting over Kobani has brought Syria's civil war yet again to Turkey's doorstep and allies have tried to press Ankara to take a more robust role in the U.S.-led coalition to fight the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

U.S.-led coalition ramps up strikes on Syrian town

By RYAN LUCAS and DESMOND BUTLER - Associated Press

Turkish soldiers on a tank hold their position on a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, overlooking Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014.

CHARLES: Saving Kobani from the Islamic State

By Robert Charles

**FILE** Chobani Blueberry Greek Yogurt (John Minchillo/AP Images for Chobani)

Chobani’s Turkish founder pledges $2M for refugees

Associated Press

Smoke rises after strikes in Kobani, Syria as fighting intensifies between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, as seen from Mursitpinar on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. Kobani has been under the onslaught of the Islamic State group since mid-September when the militants’ launched their offensive in the area, capturing several Kurdish villages around the town and bringing Syria's civil war yet again to Turkey's doorstep. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

CHARLES: Mr. Obama, Mr. Erdogan: save Kobani

By Robert Charles