Kurds in near full control of Syria town

Akçakale (Turkey) (AFP) - Kurdish forces seized nearly full control of the Syrian town of Tal Abyad on Monday, fighting only pockets of jihadists on a vital supply line for the Islamic State group. The Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) advanced into Tal Abyad after taking a border post and cutting off the road south to the de facto IS capital of Raqa, a monitoring group said. "The Kurdish fighters are in almost full control of Tal Abyad," said Rami Abdel Rahman, director of