Defying airstrikes, Islamic State shells Syrian Kurdish town

New U.S.-led airstrikes against Islamic State fighters failed to stop them from pressing their assault on a strategic Syrian town near the Turkish border Saturday, hitting it with shell fire for the first time. The U.S. Central Command said the airstrikes 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.

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