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Now playing Next Syria Syrian-Kurdish fighters seize control of Tal Abyad from ISIL Syrian-Kurdish fighters say they have driven ISIL militants out of the northern border town of Tal Abyad. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights 16/06/2015
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