ISIL Closes In On Besieged Syrian Town

Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) are closing in on a key Kurdish town in Syria, as neighbouring Turkey vowed to do its utmost to stop the strategic prize falling to the armed group. Heavy fighting between ISIL and Kurdish militias was reported througout Kobane on Friday with artillery shells landing on eastern and western neighbourhoods of the besieged town.