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Kurds battle Assad's forces in Syria, opening new front in civil war | Reuters

Kurds battle Assad's forces in Syria, opening new front in civil war

DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY/BEIRUT Sat Jan 17, 2015 10:48pm GMT

(Reuters) - Syrian Kurds battled on Saturday with forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, Kurdish sources and a monitoring group said, breaking a longstanding tacit agreement between the two sides to focus on other enemies in a complex civil war.

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