Kobani liberated: Kurds take strategic city from ISIS

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Source: CNN

Kurdish fighters have taken the Syrian city of Kobani from ISIS' grip after 112 days of fighting with the Sunni extremist group, multiple sources said Monday.

The announcement comes a day after an Iraqi official declared that Iraq's Diyala Province had been "liberated" from ISIS.

Idriss Nassan, Kobani's deputy foreign minister, told CNN he expects an official announcement Tuesday "if things continue this way."

"YPG is in control," Nassan said, using the acronym for the People's Protection Units. "They are making sure to clear the streets and the places from ISIS to declare it a free city."

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/26/middleeast/syria-kobani-fighting/

[Warren Stupidity]

1. Good. Time to recognize Kurdistan as a nation.

They are the only identifiable good guys in this entire mess.

[Duckhunter935]

2. Yep

[samsingh]

3. i agree

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. Sorry, but we're locking this as a dupe.

Please see this thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014998078