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.