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14 people killed in regime air strikes on Shadadi town near Hasaka
2015-06-11
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Syrian air strikes on ISIS-held town in the northeastern province of Hasaka killed at least 14 civilians, activists said Wednesday as battles continue between the radical group and Kurdish militias.

Syrian regime's vacuum missiles targeted the northern neighborhood of al-Shadadi town, killing 14 civilians and leaving 20 others injured, Mahmoud al-Ahmed, local activist told Zaman al-Wasl..

Meanwhile,
...back at the revival hall, the congregants were being herded into the paddy wagon...
Thousands of people crossed from Syria into The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
on Wednesday to flee a battle pitting ISIS against Kurdish and opposition forces for the Syrian border town of Tel Abyad, Rooters reported.

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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
is in control of the border town in Hasaka province. The hardline group last week launched a counter-offensive in the picturesque provincial capital, Hasaka city, that is divided into zones run separately by the government of Bashir al-Assad and a Kurdish administration.

"There are 2,000 people today that are being processed," a Turkish official said, explaining that they undergo registration and health checks before being allowed to enter.

"They are escaping coalition bombardments as well as YPG advancement," he said, referring to the Kurdish militia and U.S.-led coalition giving aerial support to Kurds.

Local media had reported a buildup of refugees waiting to cross in recent days.

The Turkish official said since last week 6,837 people were admitted in the area, and 686 of them were Iraqi nationals.
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