Snapshot: Forcing Out the Islamic State

Snapshot: Forcing Out the Islamic State

Snapshot: Forcing Out the Islamic State

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Soldiers in the Kurdish People’s Protection Units train at a military camp in Syria. By the end of January, these Kurdish fighters—supported by US-led airstrikes—forced ISIS out of Kobani on the Syrian-Turkish border. After ISIS surrounded Kobani in September, nearly 200,000 Kurds fled the city and surrounding towns.

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