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| Islamic State fighters besieging the Syrian town of Kobane on the Turkish border have been targeted by air strikes, the BBC's Paul Wood reports from the area. | Islamic State fighters besieging the Syrian town of Kobane on the Turkish border have been targeted by air strikes, the BBC's Paul Wood reports from the area. |
| Warplanes circled the area through Friday night and explosions were heard. | Warplanes circled the area through Friday night and explosions were heard. |
| Kurdish fighters have been defending the town from an advance by Islamic State militants. | Kurdish fighters have been defending the town from an advance by Islamic State militants. |
| There has been no word from the US-led coalition on whether it carried out air strikes in the area. | There has been no word from the US-led coalition on whether it carried out air strikes in the area. |
| Kobane has become a flashpoint over the past week, as an estimated 140,000 civilians have fled the town and surrounding area. | |
| Those displaced Kurds have crossed the nearby border with Turkey. | |
| The situation has been tense, with Turkish troops trying to prevent Turkish and Syrian Kurds crossing the border to help defend the town. | |
| Overnight, the head of the US armed forces said air strikes in Syria were damaging the jihadist group, but said air power alone was not enough to defeat the militants. | |
| On Friday the UK became the latest nation to join the US-led coalition against IS, which controls large swathes of Syria and Iraq after rapid advances in the summer. | |
| MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of air strikes in Iraq, but not in Syria. | |
| Six RAF Tornados could be called into action over the weekend. | |
| Who are Islamic State (IS)? |