during continued fighting in the villages around
Kobane which was liberated earlier this week after
months of bitter street fighting. In one village, a Kurd
was today pictured standing over the bodies of
Islamic extremists after they were killed in Halimce, a village east of the town... Kurdish forces recaptured the town on January 26 in
a symbolic blow to the jihadists who have seized
large swathes of territory in their onslaught across
Syria and Iraq. But the town is now characterised by
demolished buildings, with heavily armed fighters
roaming otherwise deserted, rubble-strewn streets. Although their town has been liberated, thousands of
residents are now settling into Turkey's newest
refugee camp for an indefinite stay and have been
warned not to return until the area has been fully
secured.
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