ISTANBUL - Islamic State militants pushed on Monday into the eastern edge of the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani on the Turkish border, after sustained shelling that drove back the Kurdish fighters and Syrian insurgents fighting alongside them, killing 16 and raising fears of a massacre of civilians, Kurdish fighters and activists said.
New York Times: Slaughter is feared as ISIS nears Turkish border
An image taken from a video released by Welayat Nineveh Media Office on August 9, 2014, allegedly shows Islamic State (IS) militants waving the trademark Jihadits flag.
