Syria crisis: ISIS re-enters Kobane, seizes parts of Hasaka
Damascus, June 25: A number of people were killed in fierce clashes in the Syrian town of Kobane after Islamic State (ISIS) militants re-enter the northern Syrian town, media reported.
Kobane
was
seized
by
the
Kurdish
forces
early
this
year
after
a
prolonged
campaign
backed
by
US-led
air
strikes.
ISIS
has
suffered
a
string
of
defeats
to
Kurdish
forces
since
it
was
forced
to
withdraw
from
Kobane
in
January
after
a
four-month
battle.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring organization, ISIS militants seized parts of the northeastern Syrian city of Hasaka from government control in fighting overnight. However this development has been denied by the Syrian military source.
However this development has been denied by the Syrian military source.
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The city of Hasaka is divided into zones controlled separately by the Damascus government and a Kurdish administration whose well-organized militia has been on the offensive against ISIS, making significant gains against the group in its stronghold of Raqqa province.
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