Syrian Kurds Capture Border Post

A Syrian activist group says Kurdish fighters have captured a Syrian post on the Iraqi border The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Kurdish gunmen seized the Yarubiya post Saturday after three days of clashes with several rebel groups, including the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, and Jabhat al-Nusra. The capture came hours after Syrian state-run TV reported the leader of Jabhat al-Nusra had been killed - a claim that if confirmed would be a huge blow to fighters ...

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