Fevered efforts by ISIS to capture the embattled Syrian city of Kobani have handed U.S. and allied forces a prime opportunity to deal the extremist group a bloody nose, the U.S. Central Command's top general told reporters Friday. By pouring what Gen. Lloyd Austin described as "legions" of fighters into the city, ISIS commanders have given allied warplanes numerous targets to attack. "The more I attrit him there," Austin said of ISIS, using a common military term for grinding down an enemy's power, "the less I'll have to fight him on some other part of the battlefield." The U.S. military carried out seven airstrikes in northern Syria and coalition aircraft carried out two more near Baiji, north of Tikrit in Iraq, the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said on Friday. Six of the airstrikes occurred near Kobani, hitting and destroying ISIS buildings, positions, and vehicles, Centcom said.
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U.S. Central Command: Seven more airstrikes hit ISIS targets in Syria
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Syrian Kurds giving U.S. forces intelligence on ISIS positions, official says
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ISIS' focus on Kobani is helping U.S., allies destroy the militant group, a general says
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Gen. Lloyd Austin says Kobani still could fall, despite U.S. and allied efforts
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