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            Activists: Kurdish Fighters Reclaim Syrian Town from IS

   by VOA News

   Syrian activists say Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria have
   reclaimed the town of Qassiab after clashes with the Islamic State
   group that left at least 30 militants dead.

   The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday
   that the militants had seized the area earlier this week in Hasakah
   province near the Turkish border.

   Kurdish fighters have been battling the Islamic State group in several
   border towns as they try to push back against the militant surge that
   overtook large areas of eastern Syria and northern and western Iraq.

   On Wednesday, the militants claimed they shot down a Jordanian F-16
   fighter near their stronghold in Raqqa, which the U.S. military later
   said was not true.

   A U.S. Central Command statement said the plane crashed, but that
   evidence "clearly indicates" Islamic State fighters were not
   responsible.

   The militants did capture the pilot, who was flying as part of the
   U.S.-led coalition that is carrying out airstrikes against Islamic
   State targets.

   The Jordanian army said it is holding the militants responsible for the
   pilot's life and safety.
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