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Plumes of smoke rise over Kobani as fighting continues

(25 Oct 2014) Plumes of smoke were seen rising over the Syrian border town of Kobani on Saturday as fighting continued between Kurdish troops and Islamic State group militants. Kurdish fighters have held off a month-long offensive by the Islamic State group with the help of a US-led campaign of air strikes. Turkey's president said he will allow Syrian rebels to transit through his country to help the town's beleaguered defenders, but both the Kurds and the rebels denied any such plan was in the works. New allegations emerged on Friday that Islamic State extremists had expanded their arsenal with chlorine bombs and captured fighter jets - weapons that could help the militants in Iraq and Syria. In Iraq, officials said Islamic State militants used chlorine gas during fighting with security forces and Shiite militiamen last month north of Baghdad. If the reports are confirmed, it would be the first time the Sunni extremists tried to use chlorine since their seizure of large parts of Syria and northern Iraq earlier this year. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...