The Battle For Kobane Continues -- News Updates October 21, 2014

ISIL 'Launches Fierce New Assault' On Kobane -- Al Jazeera

Kurdish fighters hold the line but struggle as they await reinforcements to cross from Turkey.

Kurdish fighters in the battle for the Syrian town of Kobane weathered a fresh onslaught by fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as they awaited promised reinforcements from Iraq.

The Kurdish militia faced fierce attacks on Tuesday, fresh from heavy battles on Monday evening in which ISIL appeared to be trying to cut off the border with Turkey before the reinforcements could arrive.

This account is according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, who also reported that coalition forces carried out further air strikes overnight, following weeks of attacks in and around Kobane.

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The Battle For Kobane Continues -- News Updates October 21, 2014

Islamic State: Fresh fighting in key Syrian town of Kobane -- BBC
Kobane under renewed assault from Islamic State -- Middle East Eye
IS jihadists launch new offensive on Syria's Kobane -- France 24
U.S. bombings near Kobane target own supply drop -- AFP
U.S. Drop Weapons as Turkey Allows Iraq Kurds Into Kobani -- Bloomberg
Islamic State: Turkey to let Iraq Kurds join Kobane fight -- BBC
Iraq’s Peshmerga sending fighters to Kobane -- Al Arabiya
Photos: The battle for Kobane, revealed by U.N. satellite imagery -- Washington Post
Inside Kobane's fight to the death: Incredible satellite images reveal the scale of destruction after a month of U.S. airstrikes and intense street battles with ISIS -- Daily Mail
Battle for Kobane: Before and after images -- BBC
Battle for Kobane: Key events -- BBC
On the run from ISIS: Heartbreaking pictures of Kobane refugees who fled for their lives across Turkish border to escape fanatics -- Daily Mail