Title: Kurdish Militias Close to a Syrian Town Controlled by Islamic State
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/219/kurd_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Kurdish Militias Close to a Syrian Town Controlled by Islamic State' data-article-id='472'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7021'>Kurdish militias are moving closer to a Syrian town near the border with Turkey. </span> <span data-start-time='7021' data-end-time='15646'>The town of Tal Abyad is currently under the control of militants calling themselves the Islamic State.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='15646' data-end-time='25375'>Taking back control of Tal Abyad would cut off transportation links and supplies for IS fighters.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='25375' data-end-time='36750'>Thousands of Syrian civilians have fled the area because they are afraid of fierce fighting between the Kurds and the militants.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/219/kurd_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question 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Kurdish militias are moving closer to a Syrian town near the border with Turkey. The town of Tal Abyad is currently under the control of militants calling themselves the Islamic State.
Taking back control of Tal Abyad would cut off transportation links and supplies for IS fighters.
Thousands of Syrian civilians have fled the area because they are afraid of fierce fighting between the Kurds and the militants.
