Video ISIL advance on Kobani unchecked by airstrikes

The assault by extremists ISIL on the Syrian border town of Kobani continues, where Syrian Kurds are desperately trying to hold out and protect the town's 4000 residents.

With fighting visible from over the Turkish border airstrikes supposedly targeting ISIL were seen attacking positions several times, but nothing seems to halt the militants' advance, now reportedly a kilometre outside Kobani.

The fighting has pushed thousands more Kurdish refugees into Turkey, which has reinforced its border …
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