Syrian Kurds Battle IS To Retain Control Of Kobani

SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 12: Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani, seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province on October 12, 2014 in Sanliurfa, Turkey. Kurdish forces defending Kobani urged a U.S.-led coalition to escalate air strikes on Islamic State fighters who tightened their grip on the Syrian town at the border with Turkey. A group that monitors the Syrian civil war said the Kurdish forces faced inevitable defeat in Kobani if Turkey did not open its border to let through arms, something Ankara has appeared reluctant to do. (Photo by Gokhan Sahin/Getty Images)