BREAKING NEWS : Islamic State fighters battle Kurdish militia for Kobani

BREAKING NEWS : Islamic State fighters battle Kurdish militia for Kobani

• Coalition planes attack Isis positions
• Militants advance from south-west
• More than 2,000 women and children evacuated after latest clashes

 Islamic State (Isis) militants stand next to Isis flag atop a hill in the Syrian town of Kobani as seen from the Turkish-Syrian border in the south-eastern Turkish town of Suruc. Photograph: ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images