IS Militants Close On Town Near Turkey Border

Islamic State has seized a strategic hill overlooking a Syrian border town despite airstrikes from the US and its Arab allies.

Kurdish fighters have been battling IS militants around Kobani after a nearly three-week siege of the town.

Idris Nahsen, a Kobani official, said the militants were less than a mile from the town, which was hit by rockets and mortars during the fighting.

The US carried out three airstrikes in Syria over the weekend on IS positions.

The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed at least 33 IS militants and 23 Kurdish defenders were killed during the fighting.

One shell was fired from inside Syria and hit a house in the Turkish village of Buyuk Kendirci, injuring four people.

IS began its advance on Kobani on 16 September, forcing around 186,000 people to flee across the border into Turkey.

It has seized swathes of Syria and Iraq after declaring an Islamic caliphate in June, including a long stretch of the Syria-Turkey border.

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Gallery: IS Oil Refineries Hit By US Airstrikes

A man inspects damage at an oil refinery that was targeted by what activists said were US-led air strikes at al-Khaboura village, near the Syrian town of Tel Abyad of Raqqa governate
Three makeshift oil refineries in Syria's Raqqa province were hit as part of an assault to weaken Islamic State (IS) militants
The United States has been carrying out strikes in Iraq against the Islamic State since July and more recently in Syria with the help of allies
It aims to damage and destroy the bases and forces of the al Qaeda offshoot which has captured large areas of both countries
Street vendors selling diesel and gasoline wait for customers along a street in the Islamic State's stronghold of Raqqa
Activists said that the price of the diesel and gasoline has increased since the beginning of the US air raids. Continue through for more pictures

The Turkish parliament authorised involvement in the campaign against IS last week, but no military operations have been announced.

It comes after a masked IS militant was filmed murdering British aid worker Alan Henning and threatening US hostage Peter Kassig in a video released on Friday.

The 47-year-old former taxi driver, from Eccles in Greater Manchester, was captured as he drove an ambulance full of aid supplies into Syria on 27 December last year.

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