(MENAFN- The Peninsula) New US-led air strikes against Islamic State fighters failed to stop them from pressing their assault on a strategic Syrian town near the Turkish border yesterday, hitting it with shell fire for the first time.
The US Central Command (Centcom) said the air strikes destroyed an IS building and two armed vehicles near the border town of Kobani, which the insurgents have been besieging for the past 10 days.
It said an airfield, garrison and training camp near the IS stronghold of Raqqa were also among the targets damaged in seven air strikes conducted by the United States, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, using fighter planes and remotely piloted aircraft.
Three air strikes in Iraq destroyed four IS armed vehicles and a "fighting position" southwest of Arbil. Two British fighter jets also flew over Iraq but used the mission to gather intelligence rather than carry out air strikes, the ministry of defence said.
The insurgents' offensive against the Kurdish town, also known as Ayn Al Arab, has prompted around 150,000 refugees to pour across the border into Turkey since last week.
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