Kurds Claim Victory in Kobani as Islamic State Advance Is Halted
By Selcan Hacaoglu and Donna Abu-Nasr January 26, 2015
Kurdish fighters claimed victory over Islamic State in Kobani, the Syrian border town where months of urban guerrilla warfare backed by U.S. airstrikes has held up the militant group’s expansion.
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