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| Kurds Kill 24 IS Jihadists in Syria's Kobane |
| 2015-01-07 |
| [AnNahar] At least 24 Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... jihadists were killed in festivities with Kurdish fighters Tuesday in the Syrian town of Kobane, where a battle has raged for almost four months, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the IS murderous Moslems died in firefights and ambushes by People's Protection Units (YPG) in eastern sectors of Kobane. Seven YPG fighters were also killed as well as two civilians who died in IS raids, said the Britannia-based group. The group, which relies on a network of activists and medics on the ground for its information, said Monday the Kurdish fighters now control 80 percent of the border town. IS launched an assault on Kobane in mid-September and came close to overrunning the town, which is also known as Ain al-Arab. But Kurdish fighters, backed by U.S.-led air strikes, have been able to gradually recapture territory in the small town, which is strategic because of its location on the border with Turkey. |
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