Syrian Kurds Battle IS To Retain Control Of Kobani

SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 24: People watch the Syrian town of Kobani from near the Mursitpinar border crossing as aTurkish army armoured vehice patrols on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc, October 24, 2014. The Syrian town of Kobani has yet again seen fierce fighting between Islamic State and Syrian Kurdish forces. Kurdish authorities have agreed to allow Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces to pass through Turkey to help Syrian Kurdish fighters in the besieged town of Kobani, just over the border in Syria. (Photo by Kutluhan Cucel/Getty Images)