Battle for Kobani Enters Second Month

Kurdish forces have begun a second month of defending the northern Syrian border city of Kobani from Islamic State militants, working increasingly with a U.S.-led coalition to push back the ultra-radical group. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports more than 660 fighters have been killed since the IS offensive began in the area along the Turkish frontier on September 16. The rights monitor noted the overall death toll could be twice that estimate because of what it...

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