ISIS attack on Kurdish forces in Syria kills 16
The attack targeted a base in the northeastern Syrian province of Hasakeh
At least 16 members of Syrian Kurdish security forces were killed on Wednesday in an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group attack on a base in the northeastern province of Hasakeh, a monitor said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights group said ISIS members detonated a car bomb and then opened fire on a building housing Kurdish security forces in Hasakeh city, the provincial capital.
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