Kurdish Say Islamic State Militants Near Defeat In Kobani

Kurds Seize Islamic State Arms, Buildings In Besieged Town - Monitor -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Kurdish fighters captured six buildings used by Islamic State militants besieging the Syrian town of Kobani on Tuesday, and seized a large amount of the jihadist group's weapons and ammunition, a group monitoring the war said.

Islamic State has been trying to take control of the town, also known as Ayn al-Arab, for more than two months in an assault that has driven tens of thousands of Kurdish civilians over the border into Turkey and drawn strikes by U.S.-led forces.

The hardline Sunni Muslim movement, an offshoot of al Qaeda, has declared an Islamic caliphate covering large areas of land that it has captured in other parts of Syria and neighbouring Iraq.

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More News On Reports That The Islamic State Is On The Verge Of Defeat In Kobani

Kurds say Islamic State militants near defeat in Kobani -- L.A. Times
Syria Kurds advance in heart of Kobane -- Global Post/AFP
Kurdish forces advance in Kobani -- Al Bawaba
Syria Kurds advance in heart of Kobane: Monitor -- Zee News
Syria Kurds Advance in Heart of Kobani, Seize ISIL Weapons -- Al Manar
Islamic State casualties mount in Kobani amid war of attrition -- Japan Times/Bloomberg
Kurds Claim To Be Making Advances Against IS In Kobani -- Radio Free Europe
Battle of Kobani may determine whether West will send ground troops to fight ISIS -- Matt Gurney, National Post
Kobani: Life at war -- Salma Abdelaziz, CNN