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Islamic State ‘Targeted By Strikes On Syria Border’
Islamic State fighters besieging the Syrian town of Kobane on the Turkish border have been targeted by air strikes, the BBC’s Paul Wood reports from the area.
Warplanes circled the area through Friday night and explosions were heard.
Kurdish fighters have been defending the town from an advance by Islamic State militants.
There has been no word from the US-led coalition on whether it carried out air strikes in the area.
Kobane has become a flashpoint over the past week, as an estimated 140,000 civilians have fled the town and surrounding area.
Those displaced Kurds have crossed the nearby border with Turkey.
The situation has been tense, with Turkish troops trying to prevent Turkish and Syrian Kurds crossing the border to help defend the town.
BBC
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on September 27, 2014. Filed under INTERNATIONAL NEWS.
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Judge Joe Bidden
September 28, 2014 at 9:35 am
USA is war maniac country it’s leaves it’s land mikes and miles away to bomb Muslims who are fighting each other what has that to do with US? There things nature need to take care of itself if Muslims decide to kill each other sometimes leave them and mind your business. There is no year US stays without bombing a country either directly or by drones. That just barbaric from a country that preaches democracy n human rights