MURSITPINAR, Turkey: Commanders from the US-led coalition against Islamic State (IS) jihadists will meet in Washington on Tuesday (Wed-nesday) to discuss halting the group’s advance in Iraq and Syria, as air strikes failed to stop militants from reaching the center of Kobane.

IS fighters claimed nearly half of the flashpoint town, on the border with Turkey, on Monday (Tuesday in Manila)—despite more than three weeks of US-led airstrikes aimed at halting them.

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