Kurdish fighters capture key area in northern Syrian town
BEIRUT - Kurdish fighters have advanced in the northern Syrian town of Kobani after heavy fighting with Islamic State militants, a Kurdish official and an activist group said Monday.
Kobani official Idriss Nassan and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Syrian Kurdish forces captured the so-called security quarter, which houses the police headquarters and other government buildings.
The IS group stormed the security quarter on Oct. 10 but later lost parts of it in a Kurdish counteroffensive.
Kurdish fighters have been slowly advancing in Kobani with the support of Iraqi peshmerga forces. The US-led coalition has also played a key role, carrying out waves of airstrikes against IS positions in and around the town.
