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Islamic State attack in northeast Syria reported to displace 60,000 - U.N.


    BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Islamic State attack on the northeastern Syrian city of Hasaka is reported to have displaced 60,000 people, the United Nations office in Syria said on Friday, warning that up to 200,000 people may eventually try to flee.

    Islamic State launched an assault on government-held areas of Hasaka on Thursday, capturing at least one district in the southwest of the city, which lies in the northeastern corner of Syria bordering Turkey and Iraq.

    Hasaka is divided into zones run separately by the government and a Kurdish administration.

    (Reporting by Sylvia Westall; Editing by Hugh Lawson)