WASHINGTON – Dusty and remote, the Syrian city of Kobani has become an unlikely spoil in the war against Islamic State militants – and far more of a strategic prize than the United States wants to admit. Perched on Turkey’s border, the city of about 60,000 has been besieged for weeks by IS fighters.
Kobani Key To Us Strategy Against Islamic State
LARA JAKES - The Associated Press, Portland Press Herald
Fri, 10/17/2014 - 3:53pm
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