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Radio 4,4 mins

Report from Kobane

Today

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In the fight against the Islamic State, few battles have been watched as closely as that for the Syrian town of Kobane. After four months of fighting, by Syrian and Iraqi Kurds, IS have retreated. Our Middle East correspondent Quentin Sommerville is the first western broadcast journalist to get into the town.

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