Fighting in Kobani Continues – Friday, Oct. 17

Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani, seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, Oct. 17, 2014.

In this image shot with an extreme telephoto lens from the outskirts of Suruc on the Turkey-Syria border, Kurdish fighters with The People’s Protection Units, or YPG, the main Kurdish militia in Syria, patrol in a truck along the border road on the outskirts of western Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, Oct. 17, 2014.

A Turkish soldier stands guard as Syrian Kurdish refugees wait behind the border fences to cross into Turkey near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, Oct. 17, 2014.

Many refugees who fled fighting in Kobani, Syria, now live at this refugee camp in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, Oct. 17, 2014.

Turkish soldiers patrol on the outskirts of Suruc during fighting in Kobani between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, Oct. 16, 2014.

An Islamic State group flag flies atop a building in Kobani during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, Oct. 16, 2014.

Kurdish fighters enter their positions in a house in Kobani, Syria, Oct. 16, 2014.

A Kurdish fighter runs to her position in Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, Oct. 16, 2014.