Explosions rock Kobani as jets strike Islamic State targets
- 10 years ago
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Two large blasts tore up the border area of the Syrian town of Kobani on Tuesday (October 28) as the U.S.-led coalition launched yet more air strikes against Islamic State fighters.
The insurgents, who are trying to eject Syrian Kurdish fighters from Kobani, on the Turkish border, attempted to take the border crossing point on Monday (October 27).
They were repulsed by the Kurdish fighters, who are expected soon to be joined by better-armed Iraqi Kurds.
The Kurdish YPG have been struggling to defend Kobani, also known as Ayn al-Arab, from well-equipped Islamic State fighters who have used tanks, artillery and suicide truck bombs in a month-long offensive against the town at the Turkish border.
Islamic State fighters, keen to consolidate territorial gains in northern Syria, have pressed an offensive against the town even as U.S.-led forces started bombing their positions.
The battle has also taken on major political s
Two large blasts tore up the border area of the Syrian town of Kobani on Tuesday (October 28) as the U.S.-led coalition launched yet more air strikes against Islamic State fighters.
The insurgents, who are trying to eject Syrian Kurdish fighters from Kobani, on the Turkish border, attempted to take the border crossing point on Monday (October 27).
They were repulsed by the Kurdish fighters, who are expected soon to be joined by better-armed Iraqi Kurds.
The Kurdish YPG have been struggling to defend Kobani, also known as Ayn al-Arab, from well-equipped Islamic State fighters who have used tanks, artillery and suicide truck bombs in a month-long offensive against the town at the Turkish border.
Islamic State fighters, keen to consolidate territorial gains in northern Syria, have pressed an offensive against the town even as U.S.-led forces started bombing their positions.
The battle has also taken on major political s