Saturday, October 11, 2014

Kurds urge more air strikes in Kobani; monitor warns of defeat

Smoke rises after an U.S.-led air strike in the Syrian town of Kobani Ocotber 10, 2014.

A Kurdish refugee from the Syrian town of Kobani washes his hands in a rainwater pond in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province October 11, 2014. REUTERS-Umit Bektas

A woman holds a sign reading 'Erdogan and Nato - the slaughterers of Kobani' during a demonstration against Islamic State (IS) insurgent attacks on the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani, in Duesseldorf October 11, 2014. REUTERS-Wolfgang Rattay

Rabia Mustafa Ali, 67, mourns by the grave of her son Seydo Mehmud Cumo, 44, a People's Protection Unit (YPG) fighter who killed during clashes with ISIS in Kobani, at a cemetery in the southeastern More...
BY AYLA JEAN YACKLEY AND TOM PERRY-Sat Oct 11, 2014

(Reuters) - 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 on Saturday.
Kurds Urge More Air Strikes in Kobani; Monitor Warns of Defeat by Thavam