The town of Kobani (Ayn al-Arab in Arabic) on the Syrian-Turkish border has been under siege from the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) for over a month until the Kurdish forces managed to mostly push the extremists out. On Sunday, Kurdish fighters managed to repel an attack on the important border crossing. Idris Nassan, a local Kurdish official, said that the Islamist militant group had shelled the border gate, the only official route for Kurdish fighters to cross into Turkey, during the night. "Of course they will try again tonight. Last night they brought new reinforcements, new supplies, and...
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