US-led forces have intensified air strikes against militants of the self-proclaimed Islamic State threatening Kurds on Syria’s Turkish border. IS militants were said to have seized more than a third of the Syrian border town.
The coalition conducted 21 attacks on the militants near the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane over Monday and Tuesday.
US-led air strikes killed at least 32 Islamic State militants in direct hits in Kobane this week, because of closer coordination with Kurdish forces on the ground.
The Islamic State has taken control of much of eastern and southern Kobane but has not made much progress this week. The Kurdish forces say they have taken back areas in the west of the town.