Kobane's streets of death: Executed ISIS fighters are lined up in town's ruins as pictures reveal scale of destruction after militants' defeat in epic battle
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- Islamic State militants killed as battles continue around the village of Kobane
- Comes days after Kurdish forces liberated the strategic Syrian border town
Kurdish
fighters have killed dozens of Islamic State militants in recent days
as battles continue to rage around the strategic Syrian border town of
Kobane.
In
one village, a Kurd was today pictured standing over the bodies of
Islamic extremists after they were killed in Halimce, a village east of
the town.
Around
20 jihadists also died in the hills west of Kobane days after it was
recaptured following months of heavy fighting which has left the town in
ruins.
Kurdish
forces retook the town on January 26 in a symbolic blow to the
jihadists who have seized large swathes of territory in their onslaught
across Syria and Iraq.
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A Kurdish fighter
points at ISIS militants laying dead on the ground in the village of
Halimce, near the Syrian town of Kobane after they were apparently lined
up and shot
The bodies of around 20 Islamic
extremists were rounded up days after the Kurds recaptured the strategic
town of Kobane following months of heavy fighting which has left the
town in ruins
Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights director Rami Abdel Rahman said: 'Nineteen
ISIS members were killed in fighting against the (Kurdish) People's
Protection Units (YPG) in the hills surrounding Manaz to the west of
Kobane.
'Another
three jihadists died in fighting around villages to the east of Kobane,
while the YPG also took one ISIS member prisoner,' he told AFP.
The
YPG had also recaptured five villages around Kobane this week,
according to Mr Rahman, whose Britain-based group relies on a network of
sources inside Syria.
But the Islamic State group still controls hundreds of villages in the area.
'Another
350 villages remain under ISIS control,' he said, referring to
settlements in the area around Kobane. One civilian was also killed.
'ISIS
shelling in the western countryside of Kobane killed a civilian,' said
Mr Rahman, who has repeatedly stressed that the fight for the Kobane
area is far from over.
Hazard: It is not known whether this bomb in Kobane has already exploded or could detonate any minute
Bomb disposal: A local Kurdish militia
group, the People's Protection Units have been scouring the city and
dismantling unexploded bombs
Death from above: This rocket could
have been fired from American-led coalition forces whose airstrikes
targeted IS fighters in the city
The Kurdish People's Protection Units
also recaptured five villages around Kobane this week, according to
Abdel Rahman, whose British-based group relies on a network of sources
inside Syria
ISIS militants lay dead on the ground in the village of Halimce, near the Syrian town of Kobane
The
town, which is known in Arabic as Ain al-Arab, is characterised by
demolished buildings and heavily armed fighters roaming otherwise
deserted, rubble-strewn streets.
Sheets
meant to hide residents from snipers' sights still hang over streets
and its shattered buildings and cratered roads suggest those who fled
are unlikely to return soon.
Meanwhile,
with their town liberated, thousands of residents of Kobane are
settling into Turkey's newest refugee camp for an indefinite stay.
Opened
on Sunday just several kilometres from the Syrian border, the new
compound near the town of Suruc is the largest refugee camp yet in
Turkey.
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