
Strikes hit IS jihadists near besieged Syria town: monitor
Wednesday, 24 September, 2014 , 07:21
BEIRUT, Sept 24, 2014 (AFP) — The US-led coalition has launched raids against jihadists near a Kurdish town in Syria surrounded by Islamic State fighters, a monitoring group said Wednesday.
Planes carried out several strikes on IS positions and supply lines west of the northern border town of Ain al-Arab, or Kobane, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.