IS militants stand next to an IS flag atop a hill in the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab, known as Kobane.(AFP)
Fresh air strikes by the US-led coalition on Tuesday hit positions held by Islamic State jihadists in the southwest of the key Syrian border town of Kobane, according to an AFP journalist just across the border in Turkey.
The strikes came a day after the extremists pushed into Kobane, seizing three districts in the city's east after fierce street battles with its Kurdish defenders. On Tuesday, the fighting had spread to new areas in the south and west, a monitor said.