Fighting Rages as Kobani Teeters on Falling to IS Militants
![Smoke rises following an airstrike by the US-led coalition during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the Islamic State militants, as seen from the outskirts of Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, Oct. 10, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/11d90a6e-98fc-48ad-a782-b6a3df40ff06_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Smoke rises following an airstrike by the US-led coalition during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the Islamic State militants, as seen from the outskirts of Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, Oct. 10, 2014.
![Protesters and students from the Middle East Technical University clash with riot police while protesting against the Islamic State taking control of Kobani, in Ankara, Turkey, Oct. 9, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4d784100-f2ce-4e5f-aada-f047ce643f82_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters and students from the Middle East Technical University clash with riot police while protesting against the Islamic State taking control of Kobani, in Ankara, Turkey, Oct. 9, 2014.
![A Turkish armored vehicle patrols the border where fighting between Syrian Kurds and the Islamic State militants has intensified, on the Turkey-Syria border, Oct. 10, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f5d84617-04b5-4b0d-a75c-0c61c99cc46b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Turkish armored vehicle patrols the border where fighting between Syrian Kurds and the Islamic State militants has intensified, on the Turkey-Syria border, Oct. 10, 2014.
![French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius (left) and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu attend a press conference stating concerns that the Islamic State is gaining control of Kobani in Syria, in Paris, Oct. 10 , 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b4e288d0-1da5-4df9-bf33-a966e7795678_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius (left) and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu attend a press conference stating concerns that the Islamic State is gaining control of Kobani in Syria, in Paris, Oct. 10 , 2014.