Nawaf Khalil, a spokesman for Syria's powerful Kurdish Democratic Union Party, says Islamic State group militants in Turkey attacked the border crossing point that links the country to Kobani.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Khalil said the offensive began with an armored vehicle suicide attack on the border crossing.
There was no immediate comment from Ankara.
The Islamic State group began its Kobane offensive in mid-September. The town later became the focus of airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition against the militants.
The Observatory said the latest fighting has killed eight Kurdish fighters and 17 jihadis.
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29/11/14
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Islamic State fighters set off two suicide bombs on the Turkish border with the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani on Saturday amid clashes that have killed at least 30 fighters, a monitoring group said...
ReplyDeleteKurdish militia have been holding off Islamic State fighters for more than two months in the battle for the town, but neither side has been able to gain a decisive advantage.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Islamic State fighters detonated a suicide car bomb at the border crossing at dawn on Saturday and that clashes broke out after.
A second suicide bomber with an explosive vest later blew himself up in the same area, the Observatory said.....................http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Islamic-State-suicide-bombers-kill-dozens-near-Turkish-border-383155
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