Kurds advance towards IS-held Syria border town

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AFP:

6/11/15

 

Beirut (AFP) - Syrian Kurdish fighters advanced towards the Islamic State group-held town of Tal Abyad on the Turkish border on Thursday, backed by US-led coalition strikes, a monitor said.

 

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) forces backed by Arab rebel fighters "stormed the town of Suluk and took control of the eastern part of it."

 

Fierce clashes continued through the day between IS and Kurdish forces.

 

Suluk, in the IS bastion province of Raqa in northern Syria, lies to the east of Tal Abyad, a key border town that is controlled by the jihadist group.

 

The town is a key target for the Kurds who want to free up the route between Kobane to the west and Qamishli, further east along the Turkish border.

 

 

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