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Kurdish Fighters Retake Control of Part of City of Kobani

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Thinkstock 012615 SyriaTurkeyMap?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1422307504406Juan Bernal/iStock/Thinkstock(KOBANI, Syria) — Kurdish fighters have retaken control of part of the city of Kobani.

Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby said Monday that the Kurds were in control of about 70 percent of the city. A U.S. official told ABC News that while they couldn’t confirm a percentage of the city, Kurdish forces were in control of “incrementally more” of the city than they were on Friday.

Kobani, a town near the border between Syria and Turkey, has been the site of intense fighting between Kurdish fighters and ISIS. Additionally, U.S.-led coalition airstrikes have focused their attention on the city for months.

A Kurdish source told ABC News Monday that ISIS remained in control of many villages surrounding Kobani.


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