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The clashes between the Kurdish fighters in northern Syria and the extremist group ISIL have come as close as less than a kilometer to the Turkish border Tuesday.
The militant group who operates in Syria and Iraq, ramped up its offensive with heavy weapons targeting the Kurdish region last week, which created a massive influx of refugees into Turkey.
ISIL militants, who captured vast swathes of territories in Syria and Iraq, have captured several villages on the outskirts of Ayn al-Arab, known by its Kurdish name as Kobani -- a city on the Turkish border.
Anadolu Agency reporters filmed the armed wing of the Kurdish Syrians, the YPG, firing rockets over ISIL militants east of Kobani.
On Monday, ISIL's flag waved over a village as close as 500 meters from the Turkish frontier.
More than 130,000 Kurdish Syrians have fled to the Turkish border town of Suruc when Turkey opened its borders last Friday.
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