Kurdish fighters backed by US-led coalition air strikes were locked in a fierce battle on Wednesday to prevent a key Syrian border town from falling into the hands of jihadists.The air strikes and heavy clashes in Ain al-Arab on the border with Turkey a crucial recent battleground in the fight against the ISIS left at least 18 people dead, including nine jihadists and nine Kurdish fighters, monitors said.
Ambulances ferried wounded fighters for treatment in Turkey as mortar exchanges continued on Wednesday, with some rounds hitting very close to the border. As the battle raged, Syria’s three-and-a-half year civil war claimed more lives with twin car bombings in the government-controlled city of Homs killing at least 18 people and Kurdish fighters in Iraq pursued their own advance against IS jihadists.
Ambulances ferried wounded fighters for treatment in Turkey as mortar exchanges continued on Wednesday, with some rounds hitting very close to the border. As the battle raged, Syria’s three-and-a-half year civil war claimed more lives with twin car bombings in the government-controlled city of Homs killing at least 18 people and Kurdish fighters in Iraq pursued their own advance against IS jihadists.