WASHINGTON: Kurdish forces are "holding out" against the Islamic State group in the Syrian border town of Kobane, and US-led warplanes have intensified bombing raids to push back the jihadists intent on seizing the area, the US military said Wednesday.
US and Jordanian aircraft conducted eight additional strikes on the IS group around Kobane, for a total of 14 coalition strikes for the day and 19 bombing raids near the town since Tuesday, according to US Central Command, which is overseeing the air war and American forces in the Middle East.
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