ISIS retakes Syrian town in north from "rebels"

Syrian "activists" say ISIS has retaken a northern town along Syria's border with Turkey just days after losing it to rebel forces and allied militants.

The Britain-based "Syrian Observatory for Human Rights" and the Aleppo Today TV station say the ISIS extremists captured al-Rai early on Monday morning after intense fighting for the frontier town.

Al-Rai is strategically located on the border with Turkey, serving as the ISIS’s access point to supply lines. It also sits along the road to the ISIS stronghold in Aleppo province.

ISIS lost the town on Thursday after an offensive by "rebels" and militant groups allied with them, including al-Qaeda's branch in Syria known as the Nusra Front.
 [AP - alarabiya.net]
11/4/16
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