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The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said it began an advance towards an Islamic State-held town at the Turkish border today, thrusting deeper into the jihadists' stronghold of Raqqa province with the backing of US-led air strikes.

The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said it began an advance towards an Islamic State-held town at the Turkish border today, thrusting deeper into the jihadists' stronghold of Raqqa province with the backing of US-led air strikes.