Smoke rises during airstrikes on the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab, known as Kobane by the Kurds, seen from the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern village of Mursitpinar, Sanliurfa province, on Thursday. AFP PHOTO
MURSITPINAR, Turkey: Islamic State (IS) fighters seized control of a third of the key Syrian border town of Kobane on Thursday, as Turkey rejected sending in troops on its own against the jihadists.