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View of Kobani as battle for border town continues, refugee camp scenes

(16 Oct 2014) Intensified US-led airstrikes and a determined Kurdish military force on the ground appeared to have had some success in halting advances by Islamic State fighters on a strategic Kurdish town near Syria's border with Turkey - at least for now. Kurdish militiamen were on Thursday continuing to fight the militants in the streets of Kobani. The sound of occasional gunfire could be heard across the border from Kobani a day after Kurdish fighters managed to slow the advance of the jihadist group. The Kurdish fighters have held out against the more experienced jihadists a month into the militants' offensive on the frontier town, hanging on to their territory against all expectations. On Thursday however, a Syrian Kurdish official called on the international community to allow weapons into the border town for the Kurdish fighters, saying the Islamic State group could bring in reinforcements and weapons at any time. He said airstrikes by the US-led coalition were not enough. The Kurdish fighters have put up a formidable fight, despite feeling a deep sense of abandonment by an international community they believe has failed to come to their rescue as it did with their brethren and other minorities in Iraq threatened by Islamic State militants. The fighting in and around Kobani has killed more than 550 people, the majority of them Islamic State fighters, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled into Turkey from Syria. Many are staying in makeshift camps. 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...