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Now playing Next Turkey Dozens killed in Turkish-Syrian border town blasts Preliminary evidence suggests ISIL is responsible for the explosion in Suruc, Turkey. The cause of the blast in Syria's Kobani is uncertain. 20/07/2015
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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Now playing Next Syria Revised reports suggest ISIL has abducted over 200 Assyrian Christians in Syria In Syria, fresh reports revise the number of Assyrian Christians believed to have been abducted by ISIL from 90 to over 200. 26/02/2015
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