ISIS group fighters regain control of Syrian town

The Islamic State group has regained control of a northern Syrian town captured by Kurdish fighters two weeks ago, activists and ISIS-linked social media outlets have reported.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said ISIS fighters seized Ein Issa and nearby areas before noon on Monday.

The fall of the town described as being “liberated” on IS-associated outlets comes after the main Kurdish militia known as the People's Protection Units, or YPG, captured wide areas in northern Syrian from the extremists, including the border town of Tal Abyad, once a main point for IS trade and smuggling in of foreign fighters. In another push, IS fighters last month attacked the northern Syrian town of Kobani, killing more than 200 people in the town that became a symbol of Kurdish resistance against extremists.