The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Sunday that, in the six-week battle between Islamic State militants and Kurdish fighters for control of Kobani, Syria, nearly 500 jihadists and more than 300 Kurds have been killed. That total is in addition to another 550 or more killed, mostly Islamic State fighters, by U.S.-led airstrikes in the last month.
Developments in Kobani, Syria - October 26, 2014
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A Kurdish refugee man reacts as smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani as seen from the Mursitpinar crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border, Oct. 26, 2014.
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Kurdish refugees from Kobani watch as thick smoke rises from their town during fighting between Islamic State and Kurdish peshmerga forces, as seen from the Mursitpinar crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border, Sanliurfa province, Oct. 26, 2014.
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Smoke rises above the Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition, seen from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, Turkey, near the Turkey-Syria border, Oct. 26, 2014.