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Kurds Nearing Islamic State-Held Syrian Town

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Syrian Kurdish fighters closed in on the outskirts of a strategic Islamic State-held town on the Turkish border Sunday, Kurdish officials and an activist group said. Taking back the border town could cut off a key supply line for the extremists' nearby de facto capital. Taking Tal Abyad, some 50 miles north of the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa, would deprive the group of a direct route to bring in new foreign militants and supplies. The Kurdish advance, coming under the cover of intense U.S.-led coalition airstrikes in the area, also would link their two fronts and put more pressure on Raqqa as Iraqi forces struggle to contain the group in their country.

Added on the 14/06/2015 11:59:26 - Copyright : Wochit

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