Kurds expel ISIS from Syria's Kobani
Kurdish fighters have expelled ISIS militants from inside the Syrian border town of Kobani, an activist group said Monday, dealing a key symbolic blow to the jihadis' ambitions, according to AFP.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor, said fighters from the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) had pushed ISIS militants out of the town after four months of fighting.
Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP that YPG forces had "expelled all Islamic State fighters from Kobani and have full control of the town."
"The Kurds are pursuing some jihadis on the eastern outskirts of Kobani, but there is no more fighting inside now."
The monitor said Kurdish forces were carrying out "mopping-up operations" against remaining ISIS forces in the Maqtala district, on the eastern outskirts of the town.
There was no immediate official announcement from the YPG, but Mustafa Ebdi, an activist from the town, told AFP that "fighting has stopped" in Kobani.
YPG forces were "advancing carefully in Maqtala because of the threat of mines and car bombs," he added.