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A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter uses a scope to measure the distance during fighting against Islamic State (IS) group on November 8, 2014 in the Syrian besieged border town of Ain al-Arab (known as Kobane by the Kurds). US-led air strikes hit jihadist positions in the north and east of Syria, including an oil field, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. AFP PHOTO / AHMED DEEB (Photo credit should read AHMED DEEB/AFP/Getty Images)