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Sorry - this page has been removed. US-led coalition launches air strikes near Kobani to drive out last of Isis forces
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This could be because it launched early, our rights have expired, there was a legal issue, or for another reason. The US and its partner nations launched 13 air strikes near Kobani, Syria, in the last 24 hours, the US military said on Wednesday morning, as they continued their air assault to help drive the last Islamic State (Isis) forces out of city.
The strikes around Kobani hit 12 Isis tactical units and a vehicle, and destroyed nine fighting positions, a staging area and three buildings, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement.
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The Pentagon said this week the militants had been driven out of 90% of Kobani, a city near the border with Turkey where fighting has raged for four months.
The six air strikes in northern Iraq, where Isis has seized swaths of territory, targeted al-Asad, Kirkuk, Mosul and Sinjar, hitting tactical units, a checkpoint, six buildings and six shipping containers, the taskforce said.
Strikes began in Iraq on 8 August and in Syria on 23 September.
Also on Wednesday, Jordan said it was ready to free a militant in a proposed prisoner swap with Isis.
A government spokesman said Jordan had agreed to free Sajida al-Rishawi from death row if the Jordanian pilot Muadh al-Kasasbeh – being held by Isis after his plane came down over Syria while carrying out a coalition mission – is released.
There has been no word on whether Kenji Goto, a Japanese journalist who has appeared in videos released by Isis, is involved in the proposed deal.