Kurds Raise Flag Over Liberated Kobane
January 27 2015
Kurdish fighters have ousted the Islamic State terrorists from the Syrian city of Kobane, reports Al Arabiya (Dubai).
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) on Monday confirmed that the Islamic State, or ISIS, had been pushed from the town.
"While the fight against [ISIS] is far from over, [ISIS's] failure in Kobane has denied them one of their strategic objectives," said a CENTCOM statement.
As of Monday, Kurdish forces were in control of 90 percent of the town, according to the...
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