Beirut : At least 100 jihadists from the Islamic State group have been killed in three days of fighting for the strategic Syrian border town of Kobane, a monitor said on Saturday, reports AFP. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the deaths brought the total number of IS fighters killed in the ground battle for Kobane to 576 since clashes there began on September 16.
Over the last three days, at least 100 members of the Islamic State and its religious police have been killed… in Kobane and its surroundings,” the Britain-based group said.