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LEFTERIS PITARAKIS, Associated Press ALBERT AJI, Associated Press

October 15, 2014

Airstrikes, street battles in Syrian Kurdish town

MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — Bolstered by intensified U.S.-led coalition airstrikes targeting militants from the Islamic State group, Kurdish militiamen fought pitched street battles Wednesday with the extremists in a Syrian

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