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.

1 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.

2 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.

3 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.

4 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.

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Fighting Rages as Kobani Teeters on Falling to IS Militants