'A Terrible Slaughter Is Coming' - The Atlantic

'A Terrible Slaughter Is Coming'
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Smoke rises after a shell lands in Kobani in Syria as fighting intensifies between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, as seen from the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, 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)

On the Turkish border, the world stands idly by as ISIS threatens a massacre in a Syrian town.

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