Fighting Rages As Kobani Teeters On Falling To IS Militants -- Voice of America

Fighting raged on Friday in the Syrian Kurdish city of Kobani near the Turkish border, with Syrian Kurdish leaders saying key government buildings have fallen to Islamic State forces.

Kurdish sources told VOA's Jamie Dettmer on the Turkish side of the border that the Islamic State has control of the court house, police headquarters and the main municipal building the city center. Anwar Muslim, head of the Kobani Council, said the Islamic State is in control of half of the city, including Kurdish defense forces headquarters.

Ashya Abdullah, co-chair of a prominent Syrian-Kurdish political party (PYD), told VOA's Kurdish service from Kobani there is "very, very intense fighting" in two parts of the city.

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