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| DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — Twelve people were killed and 70 were wounded in a car bombing and other attacks by Islamic State militants in the Kurdish town of Kobani on Thursday, hospital officials said. | DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — Twelve people were killed and 70 were wounded in a car bombing and other attacks by Islamic State militants in the Kurdish town of Kobani on Thursday, hospital officials said. |
| Kurdish forces, helped by the United States and allied air support, retook control of Kobani, which is on the border with Turkey, five months ago after a long siege by Islamic State fighters. | Kurdish forces, helped by the United States and allied air support, retook control of Kobani, which is on the border with Turkey, five months ago after a long siege by Islamic State fighters. |
| Syrian state television said that Islamic State fighters who carried out the deadly assault in Kobani entered Syria from Turkey, although it did not provide a source for the report. | Syrian state television said that Islamic State fighters who carried out the deadly assault in Kobani entered Syria from Turkey, although it did not provide a source for the report. |
| The claim was quickly disputed by the governor’s office in the Turkish province of Sanliurfa, saying that evidence showed the militants had entered Kobani from the Syrian town of Jarabulus, to its west. | |
| Syria has frequently accused Turkey of supporting and equipping Sunni Islamist militants, a charge Turkey has denied. | Syria has frequently accused Turkey of supporting and equipping Sunni Islamist militants, a charge Turkey has denied. |
| In the northeast, Islamic State militants have stormed government-held neighborhoods in the predominantly Kurdish city of Hassakeh, capturing several parts of it. | In the northeast, Islamic State militants have stormed government-held neighborhoods in the predominantly Kurdish city of Hassakeh, capturing several parts of it. |
| The attacks come after the Islamic State suffered several setbacks in northern Syria against Kurdish forces over the past weeks. Hassakeh is divided between forces loyal to the president, Bashar al-Assad, and Kurdish fighters. | The attacks come after the Islamic State suffered several setbacks in northern Syria against Kurdish forces over the past weeks. Hassakeh is divided between forces loyal to the president, Bashar al-Assad, and Kurdish fighters. |