Fighting in Kobani Continues – Friday, Oct. 17
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Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani, seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, Oct. 17, 2014.
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In this image shot with an extreme telephoto lens from the outskirts of Suruc on the Turkey-Syria border, Kurdish fighters with The People’s Protection Units, or YPG, the main Kurdish militia in Syria, patrol in a truck along the border road on the outskirts of western Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, Oct. 17, 2014.
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A Turkish soldier stands guard as Syrian Kurdish refugees wait behind the border fences to cross into Turkey near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, Oct. 17, 2014.
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Many refugees who fled fighting in Kobani, Syria, now live at this refugee camp in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, Oct. 17, 2014.