Some 600 Kurdish residents of villages in Syria's Raqa province have fled
after an ultimatum from the
jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, an NGO said Thursday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 600
Kurds from the villages of Tal Akhdar, Tal Fandar and the town of Tal Abyad had abandoned their homes
after warnings from ISIL. The NGO said ISIL had also detained dozens of
Kurds in the area, releasing them with a warning to leave their village in the **rthern province, where the
jihadist group has a strong presence. ISIL has fought bloody battles against Syria's Kurds, who have otherwise largely stayed out of the Syrian conflict, focusing on building auto**my in majority Kurdish areas.
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