The U.S.-led coalition has struck targets of the Islamic State group near a besieged Kurdish town in Syria near the border with Turkey, activists said. It is not clear if the airstrikes halted the militants' advance on Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab. The town currently hosts thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing ISIS' murderous advance. More than a million have flooded over the border into neighbouring Turkey. Scroll down for video A Syrian Kurdish family waits after crossing the border between Syria and Turkey yesterday. Tens of thousands of Syrian Kurds flooded into Turkey fleeing an onslaught by Islamic State
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Syrian Kurds continue to flee town close to border with Turkey
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Kurd fighters are backed by warplanes in battle with ISIS
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More than a million Syrian refugees have sought shelter in Turkey
Kurdish militants, backed by U.S.-led  airstrikes, are battling to protect @placeholder, but ISIS troops are still making territorial gains