Isis defies coalition air strikes in battle for town on Syria-Turkey border

Pressure piles on Ankara as US-led onslaught drives extremists towards predominantly Kurdish town of Kobani

Islamic State (Isis) insurgents have tightened their grip on a Syrian border town, despite a flurry of coalition air strikes, sending thousands more Kurdish refugees into Turkey and dragging Ankara deeper into the conflict.

Kurdish militants warned that peace talks with the Turkish state would be halted if Islamist insurgents were allowed to carry out a massacre in the predominantly Kurdish town of Kobani.

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