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Al-Nusra Expelled from Flashpoint Kurdish Syrian Town

Al-Nusra Expelled from Flashpoint Kurdish Syrian Town
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Kurdish fighters in Syria expelled extremist armed groups from the Syrian flashpoint frontier town of Ras al-Ain near Turkey, a watchdog said Wednesday, adding that only the border crossing remains under the extremists' control.
Kurdish fighters "have taken near-total control of Ras al-Ain after fierce battles raged since Tuesday evening, pitting Kurds against Al-Nusra Front, the so-called "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" and other groups", said the so-called "Syrian Observatory for Human Rights".

Al-Nusra Expelled from Flashpoint Kurdish Syrian Town Ras al-Ain is home to a majority Kurdish population and is of strategic importance given its location close to Turkey.
The clashes between Kurdish fighters and extremists broke out after al-Nusra Front attacked a convoy of Kurdish women fighters, said Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman.

Nine extremists and two Kurdish fighters have been killed since battles erupted in Ras al-Ain Tuesday, said the Observatory.
Activists in Ras al-Ain said members of the al-Nusra and other extremist groups groups had taken advantage of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which began last week, to try to impose their attitudes.

In the early days of the Syrian conflict, when opponents of al-Assad regime were desperate for assistance from any quarter, extremist fighters were welcomed but a spate of abuses has fueled a major backlash.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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