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By REUTERS
JUNE 25, 2015
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — Twelve people were killed and 70 were wounded in a car bombing and other attacks by Islamic State militants in the Kurdish town of Kobani on Thursday, hospital officials said.
Kurdish forces, helped by the United States and allied air support, retook control of Kobani, which is on the border withTurkey, five months ago after a long siege by the Islamic State.
Syrian state television said the Islamic State fighters who carried out the deadly assault in Kobani had entered Syria from Turkey, although it did not provide a source for the report.
That view was backed by Figen Yuksekdag, one of the leaders of the largely Kurdish People’s Democratic Party in Turkey, who said there was a “high probability” that the attackers had entered Kobani from across the border. Turkey has denied such allegations.
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Video | ISIS Attacks Syrian Border Town Islamic State militants killed at least 12 and injured 70 others in attacks on Thursday in Kobani, on the border with Turkey. Kurdish militia groups retook control of the northern town in January.
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry rejected the accusation, with a spokesman, Tanju Bilgic, describing the claims as “lies.” The governor’s office in the Turkish province of Sanliurfa said that evidence showed the militants had entered Kobani from the Syrian town of Jarabulus, to its west.
Syria has frequently accused Turkey of supporting and equipping Sunni Islamist militants, a charge Turkey has denied.
In the northeast, Islamic State militants have stormed government-held neighborhoods in the predominantly Kurdish city of Hassakeh, capturing several parts of it.
The attacks come after the Islamic State suffered several setbacks in northern Syria against Kurdish forces over the past weeks. Hassakeh is divided between forces loyal to the president, Bashar al-Assad, and Kurdish fighters.
JUNE 25, 2015
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — Twelve people were killed and 70 were wounded in a car bombing and other attacks by Islamic State militants in the Kurdish town of Kobani on Thursday, hospital officials said.
Kurdish forces, helped by the United States and allied air support, retook control of Kobani, which is on the border withTurkey, five months ago after a long siege by the Islamic State.
Syrian state television said the Islamic State fighters who carried out the deadly assault in Kobani had entered Syria from Turkey, although it did not provide a source for the report.
That view was backed by Figen Yuksekdag, one of the leaders of the largely Kurdish People’s Democratic Party in Turkey, who said there was a “high probability” that the attackers had entered Kobani from across the border. Turkey has denied such allegations.
PLAY VIDEO 00:21
Video | ISIS Attacks Syrian Border Town Islamic State militants killed at least 12 and injured 70 others in attacks on Thursday in Kobani, on the border with Turkey. Kurdish militia groups retook control of the northern town in January.
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry rejected the accusation, with a spokesman, Tanju Bilgic, describing the claims as “lies.” The governor’s office in the Turkish province of Sanliurfa said that evidence showed the militants had entered Kobani from the Syrian town of Jarabulus, to its west.
Syria has frequently accused Turkey of supporting and equipping Sunni Islamist militants, a charge Turkey has denied.
In the northeast, Islamic State militants have stormed government-held neighborhoods in the predominantly Kurdish city of Hassakeh, capturing several parts of it.
The attacks come after the Islamic State suffered several setbacks in northern Syria against Kurdish forces over the past weeks. Hassakeh is divided between forces loyal to the president, Bashar al-Assad, and Kurdish fighters.
