An outer suburb of Baghdad located only eight miles from the city's airport has now been breached by Islamic State (ISIS) forces as the jihadist group inches ominously close to Iraq's capital.

The suburb of Abu Ghraib has been infiltrated by ISIS militants who are currently engaging in hit-and-run style attacks on local Iraqi security forces.

The well-armed ISIS army has flirted with advances close to the capital in recent months, but has not yet launched a full-blown offensive on Iraq's largest city.

A still image from an ISIS video purports to show one of its fighters shooting an anti-aircraft missile

Under attack: An Iraqi army soldier aims his weapon during clashes with ISIS militants in Jurf al-Sakhar

Fierce fighting has been reported on the outskirts of Baghdad. In this image, peshmerga forces are seen holding a post in the strategic Jalawla area, considered a gateway to the city

And as the U.S.-led coalition bombing campaign continues, CBS News reported ISIS is now in possession of MANPADS - shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles.

Clashes for control of Abu Ghraib have been ongoing for more than a week, with government forces desperately trying to fend off the guerrilla warfare-style ISIS attacks.

Unfortunately, the U.S.-led aerial campaign has so far failed to stop much of the extremists' advances towards Baghdad and other parts of Syria and Iraq.

There is only so much that can be done from the air to defeat an extremist force that has swept over much of Iraq and Syria. The Islamic State fighters have proven elusive and flexible, able to reorganize to minimize the blows.

And more importantly, there are almost no allied forces on the ground able to capitalize on the airstrikes and wrest back territory from the militants.

Strong presence: Military leaders have said about two-thirds of the estimated 31,000 Islamic State militants are in Syria. But ISIS have held a number of towns and villages close to the Iraqi capital since earlier in the year, when government troops melted away following a lightning advance in the west of the country

The extremists are still making gains. Last week, they seized the towns of Hit and neighboring Kubaisa, sending Iraqi soldiers fleeing and leaving a nearby military base with its stockpile of weapons at risk of capture.

While government forces still control most of the nearby provincial city Ramadi, it remains extremely vulnerable.

ISIS have held a number of towns and villages close to the Iraqi capital since earlier in the year, when government troops melted away following a lightning advance in the west of the country - enabling the terrorist group to seize further swaths of territory for their so-called caliphate.

News they are co-ordinating attacks inside Baghdad's Abu Ghraib suburb follows warnings issued 10 days ago that ISIS militants were just one mile from the capital.

The warnings came from The Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East - an organisation supporting the work of Canon Andrew White, vicar of the city's St George's Church, the only Anglican church in Iraq.

Warning: Reports that ISIS militants were just one mile from Baghdad came from the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East ten days ago

Fear: Canon Andrew White, is the vicar of Baghdad's St George's Church - the only Anglican church in Iraq

No protection: Canon Andrew White also updated his Facebook page questioning the ability of the Iraqi Army

Militants: The terrorist-group ISIS has been taking large swaths of Syria and Iraq in the recent absence of a permanent U.S. military presence in Iraq

In a message posted on Facebook on September 29, the group said: 'The Islamic State are now less than 2km away from entering Baghdad. They said it could never happen and now it almost has.

'Obama says he overestimated what the Iraqi Army could do. Well you only need to be hear a very short while to know they can do very very little,' they added.

In a message also posted on Facebook, Canon White had said: 'The Islamic State are now within 10km of entering Baghdad. Over a 1000 Iraqi troops were killed by them yesterday, things are so bad. As I said all the military air strikes are doing nothing. If ever we needed your prayer it is now.'

ISIS releases video purporting to show troops fighting for control of Kobane

Meanwhile, as ISIS makes gains in Baghdad, a video has been released purporting to show their fighters advancing through the Syrian border town of Kobane.

The video shows ISIS militants ducking and weaving through the city streets as they engage in clashes with the remaining Kurdish resistance troops.

The jihadists' battle for control of the Kurdish city has raged for weeks but gains made in the past few days have left 700 civilians trapped and in danger of being massacred.

The frontier town has been under siege for 25 days, with 200,000 Syrian Kurd inhabitants fleeing across the border to Turkey.

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An ISIS fighter shoots at Kurdish troops from a fixed position in the streets of Kobane

A masked gunman takes aim from the top of a high rise building

Yesterday US warplanes dropped at least four bombs on ISIS positions, two of which were close to the border with Nato member Turkey.

A crowd of onlookers, many refugees from Kobane, cheered as fireballs and smoke billowed into the sky.

But heavy machine gunfire and mortar explosions rocked the town as IS terrorists continued their assault.

The RAF cannot help because it has no mandate to bomb in Syria, and the U.S. effort is not proving enough to stem the IS advance.

A group of militants cross an opening in the streets in an attempt to avoid gunfire

A hole is made in a concrete wall in order to create new access for the jihadists

An ISIS fighter fires a rocket propelled grenade through the streets of Kobane