The Battle For Kobani -- News Updates October 16, 2014

Islamic State 'Being Driven Out Of Syria's Kobane' -- BBC

The Islamic State (IS) militant group has been driven out of most of the northern Syrian town of Kobane, a Kurdish commander has told the BBC.

Baharin Kandal said IS fighters had retreated from all areas, except for two pockets of resistance in the east.

US-led air strikes have helped push back the militants, with another 14 conducted over the past 24 hours.

Meanwhile, the new UN human rights commissioner has called IS a "potentially genocidal" movement.

Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein described the group as the antithesis of human rights.

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The Battle For Kobani -- News Updates October 16, 2014

Islamic State Forces Withdraw From Parts of Kobani -- WSJ
ISIS fight intensifies as fighter jets roar over Kobani, Syria -- CBC/Reuters
ISIS Retreating from Kobani, Says Kurdish Official -- Time
ISIS Loses Ground In Kobani After 'Several Hundred' Militants Killed In Airstrikes -- IBTimes
Kurds declare advance on Kobani thanks to US air strikes on Isis -- Financial Times
US airstrikes slow ISIS advance on Kobani, as momentum shifts to Kurds -- FOX News
U.S. says it conducts 14 air strikes against Islamic State near Kobani -- Reuters
Kurdish fighters have ISIS on the run in war-torn Kobani -- New York Post
Kurds hold out in Syria's Kobani -- SKY News
‘Inherent Resolve’: Intensified US airstrikes beat back ISIS, bolster Kurds in Kobani -- RT
US: Hundreds of ISIL fighters dead in Kobane -- Al Jazeera
Over 600 killed in Kobani fighting -- Gulf News/Reuters/AFP
Rights Group: More Than 600 Killed in Fight for Kobani -- VOA
Is anyone left in Kobani? -- Al Monitor

My Comment: If the following Telegraph report is true, Kobani can still fall to the Islamic State .... Kobane still in danger and running out of ammunition, warn Kurds (The Telegraph).

Update: The Pentagon agrees .... US warns Kobani could fall to ISIL despite Kurdish fightback -- Euronews