Islamic State advances on Kurdish town in Syria after U.S.-led air strikes

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(Adds background, material from Turkish side of border) By Jonny Hogg and Tom Perry MURSITPINAR, Turkey/BEIRUT, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Islamic State has reinforced fighters who are battling Kurdish forces for control of a Syrian town at the border with Turkey, a redeployment triggered by U.S.-led air strikes on the group elsewhere, a Kurdish military official said. Ocalan Iso, deputy leader of the Kurdish forces defending the town of Kobani at the Turkish border, said more Islamic State fighters and tanks had arrived since the U.S.-led coalition began air strikes on the group on Tuesday. ...

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