Islamic State Takes Hill Over Kurdish Border Stronghold
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Islamic State fighters captured a strategic hill overlooking the Syrian stronghold of Kobani on the border with Turkey after a three-week siege of the town, according to NTV television and local Kurds.
A tank and some militants standing next to a heavy machine gun were seen on the hill of Mistenur to the east of Kobani, NTV reported today. There were heavy clashes overnight and “Islamic State now controls that hill,” Ahmet Destan, a Kurdish villager, said by phone. Kurdish fighters were battling to regain the position, the Kurdish news agency Firat reported.