Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Too soon to say 'mission accomplished' in Kobani: U.S. official - Yahoo News

Too soon to say 'mission accomplished' in Kobani: U.S. official

By Lesley Wroughton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kurdish fighters' expulsion of Islamic State forces from the Syrian town of Kobani helped stop the momentum of the Islamist group but is not a significant turning point in the overall campaign, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday.

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