Originally posted by the Voice of America. Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America, a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in the public domain. Kurdish Fighters Hold Off Islamic State Advance at Kobani Kurdish defenders held off Islamic State militants in Syria's border town of Kobani on Sunday, but the fighters struck with deadly bombings in Iraq, killing dozens of Kurds in the north and assassinating a provincial police commander in the west. __________________________________________________________________ [1]http://www.voanews.com/media/photogallery/kurdish-fighters-hold-off- islamic-state-advance-at-kobani/2481854.html References 1. http://www.voanews.com/media/photogallery/kurdish-fighters-hold-off-islamic-state-advance-at-kobani/2481854.html