Warplanes of the U.S.-led coalition have struck Islamic State fighters in Syria attacking a town near the Turkish border for the first time. The Islamic State group's assault on the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani has sent more than 100,000 refugees streaming across the border into Turkey in recent days as Kurdish forces from Iraq and Turkey have raced to the front lines to defend the town. Nawaf Khalil, a spokesman for Syria's Kurdish Democratic Union Party, or PYD, said the strikes targeted Islamic State positions near Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, destroying two tanks. He said the jihadi fighters later shelled the town, wounding a number of civilians.
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Footage shows  smoke rising after a strike near strife-hit Kobani
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The town, hosting thousands of refugees, has been targeted by ISIS fighters
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Britain has joined air campaign launched by U.S. and Arab allies
Along the way, the militants have massacred captured Syrian and Iraqi troops, terrorised minorities in both countries and beheaded two @placeholder journalists and a British aid worker.