Death Toll Crosses 500 Mark In Kobane

In Kobane, a Syrian town under attack by the Islamic State (IS), at least 553 people have died in a month of fighting.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which is monitoring the Kobane conflict, said that about 298 IS fighters are among the dead, reported the BBC.

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United States has been attacking IS positions in the town to aid Kurdish forces in retaking the lost territories in the town that is located on the Syrian-Turkish border.

If the group captures Kobane, it would gain a complete control over a stretch of more than 100 kilometers between Raqqa, Syria and Turkey.

Source-ANI

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