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KURDISH GUNMEN CAPTURE CROSSING POINT ON IRAQI BORDER: ACTIVISTS
October 26, 2013 - 10:27 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A Syrian activist group said Kurdish gunmen have
captured a crossing point on the Iraqi border after days of fighting
with Muslim hard-liners, the Associated Press reported.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Kurdish
militiamen captured the Yaaroubiyeh post in northeast Syria on
Saturday, Oct 26, after three days of clashes with several jihadist
groups there, including al-Qaeda-linked factions Jabhat al-Nusra and
the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.
The capture of the border point came hours after Syrian TV claimed
that the leader of the powerful Jabhat al-Nusra has been killed.
Friday's one-line report, which could not be immediately confirmed,
said Abu Mohammad al-Golani died in the coastal province of Latakia,
according to the AP.
Clashes between Kurdish fighters and jihadists in northern Syria have
killed hundreds of people in the past months.
October 26, 2013 - 10:27 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A Syrian activist group said Kurdish gunmen have
captured a crossing point on the Iraqi border after days of fighting
with Muslim hard-liners, the Associated Press reported.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Kurdish
militiamen captured the Yaaroubiyeh post in northeast Syria on
Saturday, Oct 26, after three days of clashes with several jihadist
groups there, including al-Qaeda-linked factions Jabhat al-Nusra and
the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.
The capture of the border point came hours after Syrian TV claimed
that the leader of the powerful Jabhat al-Nusra has been killed.
Friday's one-line report, which could not be immediately confirmed,
said Abu Mohammad al-Golani died in the coastal province of Latakia,
according to the AP.
Clashes between Kurdish fighters and jihadists in northern Syria have
killed hundreds of people in the past months.