A Kurdish man stands behind a flag during the funeral of YPG, or People’s Protection Units, fighter Ahmed Mustafa, who died after being injured while fighting the Islamic State group forces in the Syrian city of Kobani, in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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