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Nearly 50 Dead as Rebels, Kurds Clash in Syria -- News from Antiwar.com

Nearly 50 Dead as Rebels, Kurds Clash in Syria -- News from Antiwar.com
Another round of deadly fighting has been reported today in Syria’s northeastern Hassakah Province, where members of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), an al-Qaeda affiliate, battled members of a Kurdish militia.


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