Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Heavy Fighting Between Kurds, IS Continues in Kobani

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Gunfire and explosions were audible from the Syrian-Turkish border region near Kobani on Tuesday, indicating little respite from intensive clashes between Kurdish forces, backed up by Syrian rebels, and Islamic State militants. Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters and moderate Syrian rebels bombarded Islamic State positions in Kobani on Monday, but it was unclear if their arrival would turn the tide in the battle for town. Kobani has become a symbolic test of the U.S.-led coalition's...

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