Syria: Islamic State jihadists control of more than a third of Kobane town
Islamic State group jihadists were in control Thursday of more than one-third of the Syrian border town of Kobane after pushing back its Kurdish defenders, a monitoring group said.
“Despite fierce resistance from the Kurdish forces, IS advanced during the night and controls more than a third of Kobane,” Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told AFP.
He said a Kurdish militia leader and several of his men were killed when jihadists captured a building they were using as a base in the northeast of the town.