MURSITPINAR Turkey (Reuters) - Four mortar shells landed in Turkey near the border with Syria on Saturday, injuring two people, as Islamic State militants clashed with Kurdish forces defending a Syrian border town, local officials and a Reuters witness said. Islamic State launched an offensive to try to capture the border town of Kobane more than a week ago, besieging it from three sides. More than 150,000 Kurds have fled the town and surrounding villages, crossing into Turkey. One of the mortars blew a large hole in an empty minibus parked near Tavsanli, a village close to Kobane. ... Read More http://ift.tt/YqdcBj
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