Summary
At least 40 Kurdish fighters and ISIS jihadis have been killed in clashes for control of a strategic town in north Syria, activists said on Sunday.
The clashes that erupted on Saturday as ISIS launched an offensive aimed at seizing Tal Tamr in Hassakeh province from Kurdish forces have killed 40 fighters on both sides, it said.
"Fierce battles broke out during the past 24 hours around Tal Tamr ... that killed 40 fighters," said Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman.
He said the fighting erupted when ISIS advanced close to the town, but the Kurds called in reinforcements and were able to repel the jihadis.
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