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Turkish Kurds watch the fighting over the border, as in the background Turkish army tanks hold their positions on a hilltop in the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, overlooking Kobani in Syria where fighting had ben intensified between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab and its surrounding areas have been under attack since mid-September, with militants capturing dozens of nearby Kurdish villages. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Kurds repel jihadist attack on Syrian town

By Bassem Mroue - The Washington Times

claim: Militants with the Islamic State plant a hilltop flag near the town of Kobani along the Syrian-Turkish border. (associated press)

Islamic State siege of Syrian border city tests Turkey’s allegiances

By Jacob Resneck — Special to The Washington Times

President Barack Obama embraces Vice President Joe Biden, right, before signing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, bipartisan job-training legislation which aims to help job seekers gain valuable employment skills, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex in Washington, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Obama still has confidence in Biden despite gaffes: White House

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Vice President Joe Biden dons a Joplin High School baseball cap during a dedication ceremony for a combined high school and vocational school that replaces one destroyed by a deadly tornado more than three years ago, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, in Joplin, Mo. (AP Photo/The Joplin Globe, Laurie Sisk)

Joe Biden apologizes for blaming Turkey, UAE for Islamic State

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Vice President Joe Biden gestures during a speech in Norfolk, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. Biden visited the area to talk about a new federal transportation grant. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Turkish president infuriated with Biden, demands apology over Islamic State remarks

Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Only one legitimate government in Cyprus

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this Friday, Sept. 26, 2014 photo, Kurds from Turkey, left, and Syria break down the barbed wire at the Turkey-Syria border near Suruc, Turkey. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that a "no-fly zone" should be created in Syria to protect part of it from attacks by Syria's air force. In his comments to reporters on his return from the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Erdogan did not specify where such a zone should be located. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey approves military operations in Iraq, Syria to fight Islamic State militants

By Suzan Fraser and Diaa Hadid - Associated Press

Marine Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, listens March 26, 2012, during a news conference at the Pentagon. (Associated Press)

U.S. pushing for new ‘Sunni Awakening’ in Iraq

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration on options dealing with the Islamic State by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

BABBIN: How to play the ISIS card

By Jed Babbin

U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) (Associated Press)

Cyprus view from Capitol Hill: Hon. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas in the House of Representatives

By Hon. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas

An ambitious pipeline project linking reservoirs in Turkey to the parched, isolated Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is on track to bring much needed drinking water to the island by year's end.

Turkey builds massive pipeline to send drinking water to thirsty Cyprus

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Traces of a historic and cultural heritage in the 1,310-square-mile Northern Cyprus go back 10,000 years. The first signs of human occupation on the island date from 8,000 B.C.

Tourism in the TRNC

By The Washington Times Advocacy Department

Higher education is an integral part of governmental policy and why Northern Cyprus is considered an oasis of higher education.

Higher education in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

By The Washington Times Advocacy Department

Turkey builds innovative pipeline to Northern Cyprus

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

President Obama, left, looks to Vice President Joe Biden as he speaks at a ceremony in East Room of the White House in Washington, May 12, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Turkey tells Obama, Biden ‘no-fly zone must be declared’ in Syria

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

President Obama, flanked by Secretary of State John Kerry and National Security Adviser Susan Rice, speaks during his meeting with the representatives of Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, United Arab Emirates and Iraq in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Feds name 11 backers of terrorist organizations

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

U.S. military starts bombing ISIS targets in Syria with aid of partner nations

By Guy Taylor and Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Several hundred Syrian refugees wait to cross into Turkey at the border in Suruc, Turkey, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014. Turkey opened its border Saturday to allow in up to 60,000 people who massed on the Turkey-Syria border, fleeing the Islamic militants' advance on Kobani.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Some 130,000 Syrians reach Turkey, fleeing Islamic State

Associated Press

Freed Turkish hostages arrive at the airport in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. Dozens of Turkish hostages seized by Islamic militants in Iraq three months ago were freed and safely returned to Turkey on Saturday ending Turkey&#8217;s most serious hostage crisis. The 49 hostages were captured from the Turkish Consulate in Mosul, Iraq on June 11, when the Islamic State group overran the city in its surge to seize large swaths of Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo)

Islamic State releases 49 hostages from Turkey

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

In this Sept. 10, 2014 photo, Ana and John Conley, parents of defendant Shannon Conley, exit the U.S. Federal courthouse following their daughter's plea hearing, at the U.S. Federal Courthouse, in Denver. Shannon Conley, a 19-year-old suburban Denver woman who federal authorities say intended to wage jihad has pleaded guilty under a deal that requires her to give authorities information about others with the same intentions. With foreign fighters from dozens of nations pouring into the Middle East to join the Islamic State group and other terrorist organizations, U.S. officials are putting new energy into trying to understand what radicalizes people far removed from the fight and into prodding countries around the world to do a better job of keeping them from joining up. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

A look at American jihadis: Why do they fight?

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press