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Islamic State fighters enter Syrian Kurdish city of Kobani / BUT FSA FIGHTS ALONGSIDE YPG

October 3, 2014 – REUTERS LATEST UPDATE : MURSITPINAR, Turkey’s Kurdish region,— Islamic State IS fighters have entered the besieged Syrian Kurdish city of Kobani, a Kurdish fighter said Friday, setting the stage for a vicious street-to-street battle in the shadow of Turkey’s border.

Alan Minbic, a fighter with the Kurdish People’s Protection Unit, or YPG, told CNN that ISIS now controls the southwest corner of the city, known in Arabic as Ayn al-Arab. YPG fighters are now using snipers in an effort to prevent the ISIS militants from advancing farther, Minbic said. Mousa Al Ahmad, a Free Syrian Army fighter in Kobani, gave CNN the same information on the ISIS advance, in a separate phone conversation. He said there were about 300 FSA fighters battling alongside the YPG in the city.