US-led airstrikes have killed “several hundred” fighters in and around Kobane, but the self styled “Islamic State” terror outfit could still seize the besieged strategic Syrian (Kurdish) town, the Pentagon said yesterday.
“We believe that we have killed several hundred ISIL fighters in and around Kobane,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters, adding that the majority of the town´s population has fled as jihadists continued to pour into the region in an attempt to take the town.
“Kobane could still fall, it could very well still fall,” Kirby added.
“ISIL has made no secret of the fact that they want that town… and so they have continued to flow fighters to Kobane.”
Kirby said only “hundreds or so” civilians remain.
“Certainly if Kobane falls to ISIL that´s a setback, there´s no question about that,” Kirby said. As IS(IL) forces shrugged off the relentless bombardments and continued to drive home their assult.
