October 6,

2014









IS jihadists have been trying for nearly three weeks to seize the town, also known as Ain al-Arab, in a bid to cement their grip over a long stretch of the Syrian-Turkish border.



Meanwhile a female Kurdish fighter carried out a www.Ekurd.net suicide bomb attack against Islamic State IS jihadists outside the embattled Syrian border town of Kobani on Sunday, a monitor said.



But so far, Kurdish fighters have managed to keep the jihadists out of the town, with the backing of some US-led air strikes.



IS has seized much of the area around Kobani, however, surrounding it from three sides and triggering an exodus of some 186,000 refugees into neighbouring Turkey.

On Sunday, the fighting killed at least 19 Kurdish fighters and 27 IS jihadists, the Observatory said.



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