Conflict in Syria – Friday, Oct. 3
![Syrian Kurdish refugees wait to cross into Turkey from the Syrian border town Kobani, near the southeastern Turkish town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, Oct. 2, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b4b0735c-3a38-477d-89c2-a845a14a6986_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Syrian Kurdish refugees wait to cross into Turkey from the Syrian border town Kobani, near the southeastern Turkish town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, Oct. 2, 2014.
![Lawmakers debate before Turkey's parliament to approve a motion that gives the government new powers to launch military incursions into Syria and Iraq and to allow foreign forces to use its territory for possible operations against the Islamic State group](https://gdb.voanews.com/aa51b6f6-237c-4e35-85c8-f1e5200a49ea_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Lawmakers debate before Turkey's parliament to approve a motion that gives the government new powers to launch military incursions into Syria and Iraq and to allow foreign forces to use its territory for possible operations against the Islamic State group
![Antiwar protesters demonstrate in front of the Turkish Parliament in Ankara, Oct. 2, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0644428a-dc2a-4b8a-9c69-0fe5cecf1f5a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Antiwar protesters demonstrate in front of the Turkish Parliament in Ankara, Oct. 2, 2014.
![Families of Saif Thebian and Mohammed Hussein Yousuf, who were kidnapped by Islamic State militants and the Al-Nusra front, hold their portraits of during a demonstration in Beirut, Lebanon, Oct. 2, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/cbe831b8-11a5-486e-a559-bd6b3dbd9e8f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Families of Saif Thebian and Mohammed Hussein Yousuf, who were kidnapped by Islamic State militants and the Al-Nusra front, hold their portraits of during a demonstration in Beirut, Lebanon, Oct. 2, 2014.