The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Sunday that, in the six-week battle between Islamic State militants and Kurdish fighters for control of Kobani, Syria, nearly 500 jihadists and more than 300 Kurds have been killed. That total is in addition to another 550 or more killed, mostly Islamic State fighters, by U.S.-led airstrikes in the last month.
Developments in Kobani, Syria - October 26, 2014
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Men watch fighting across the border in Kobani from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, Turkey, backdropped by Turkish army artillery positions near the Turkey-Syria border, Oct. 26, 2014.
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A USAF B-1 bomber aircraft flies over the Syrian town of Kobani, as seen from the Mursitpinar crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border, Sanliurfa province, Oct. 26, 2014.
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Tear gas canisters fired by Turkish military land amongst observers as they try to clear a hill near the Mursitpinar crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border, Oct. 26, 2014.
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A man wipes his eyes after Turkish military fired tear gas in an attempt to clear a hill of observers, near the Mursitpinar crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border, Oct. 26, 2014.