The Fighting And Slaughter In The Syrian Border Town Of Kobani Is Escalating

The fate of Kobane on the Turkish-Syrian border is seen as a test of the US-led campaign against Islamic State. (Reuters: Kai Pfaffenbach)

Has Kobane Become Vortex Of Death For ISIS? As U.S. Jets Obliterate Fanatics From The Air And Kurds Suck Them Into Street 'Meat Grinder', Experts Believe Jihadists Have Finally Made Strategic Miscalculation -- Daily Mail

* Islamic State militants may live to regret encouraging street battles with outgunned Kurdish forces inside Kobane
* Barbaric terror group's tried and tested 'pincer movement' has previously forced enemies to retreat or even defect
* Previously used to seize vast swathes of territory in north Syria and west Iraq, where security forces melted away
* But Kobane is surrounded by desert, with Turkish border only 200 yards to the north, so Kurdish troops cannot flee
* Now Kurdish troops are engaging terrorists in street-to-street battles - a tactic that doesn't play to ISIS' strenghs

Islamic State militants have made fatal strategic mistakes in Kobane, allowing American and Arab warplanes to obliterate them from the air and Kurdish forces to suck them into unfamiliar 'meat grinder' street battles, an expert has claimed.

During the four-week battle for Kobane, ISIS has used the same tried and tested 'pincer movement' it deployed during the rapid seizure of vast swathes of northern Syria and western Iraq earlier this year.

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More News On The Battle For The Syrian Border Town of Kobani

Fiercest fighting in days hits Syrian border town -- Reuters
Kobani Hit by Fresh Round of Islamic State Assaults -- WSJ
Fierce Shelling Resumes Around Kobani -- VOA
Fierce fighting rages in Syria's Kobane -- Al Jazeera
Battle for Kobane intensifies as Islamic State uses car bombs, Syrian fighters execute captives -- ABC News (Australia)
Islamic State takes heavy losses in battle for Syria's Kobane -- Times of India/AFP
Kurdish fighters repel fresh 'IS' attack in Kobani -- Deutsche Welle
Kurds defeat Islamic State bid to seal Turkish border -- The Australian/AFP
Isis Shells Land in Turkey as Battle of Kobani Continues to Rage -- IBTimes
US military targets ISIS, 2 days & 25 airstrikes in Syria and Iraq -- RT
White House: ISIS fighters in Syrian town creating ‘target-rich environment’ for US -- FOX News