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16 Kurdish villages captured by ISIS in N. Syria

An YGP Kurdish armed group official said that the Islamic State militants used heavy weapons in their attack, including tanks

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The Kurdish military claims that the Islamic State fighters have seized 16 Kurdish villages in Northern Syria. The villages were captured in a large ISIS offensive towards the city of Ayn al-Arab at the Syrian border with Turkey.

YPG Kurdish armed group commander Ocalan Iso said that the Islamic State militants were using heavy armory and tanks in their attack near a city known as Kobani.

The Syrian Observatory for Human rights said that the villages were seized by the Islamic State in an advance started on Wednesday.

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