Kobane: Islamic State widens attack on border town
Fighting continues to rage in the Syria-Turkey border town of Kobane, with Islamic State (IS) militants moving into a southern district. The US-led coalition has carried out more air strikes to try to aid the Syrian Kurd defenders. However, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned air strikes were not enough and Kobane was "about to […]Fighting continues to rage in the Syria-Turkey border town of Kobane, with Islamic State (IS) militants moving into a southern district. The US-led coalition has carried out more air strikes to try to aid the Syrian Kurd defenders. However, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned air strikes were not enough and Kobane was "about to fall". At least 400 people have died in three weeks of fighting for Kobane, monitors say, and 160,000 Syrians have fled. If IS captures Kobane, its jihadists will control a long stretch of the Syrian-Turkish border. Separately, a Kurdish demonstrator has been killed in clashes with Turkish police in the town of Varto, news agencies say, as Kurds widen their protests against what they view as Turkey's inaction over Kobane.
