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Kurdish Fighters Advance Against Jihadis In Syria
[Ynet] Heavy festivities took place on Monday in northeastern Syria, with Kurdish fighters capturing about a dozen villages from Islamic Death Eaters, An activist group and a Kurdish official said.Kurdish fighters and members of the Islamic State group have been fighting each other for more than a year in northern Syria. The latest round of violence between the two sides began Saturday. Members of the Kurdish-led People's Protection Units, or YPK, have captured about 14 villages, according to the Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Nawaf Khalil, a front man for Syria's powerful Kurdish Democratic Union Party, or PYD, told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named on Monday that YPK forces have captured at least 10 villages in the northeastern province of Hassakeh. Posted by: trailing wife 2014-09-16 |
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