Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take part in field training to fight Islamic State (IS) militants at Mount Batnaya near Zummar, September 20, 2014. REUTERS/Ari Jalal
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian Kurdish fighters have halted an advance by Islamic State fighters to the east of a predominantly Kurdish town near the border with Turkey, a spokesman for the main armed Kurdish group said.
"Fierce clashes are still under way but the ISIS (Islamic State) advance to the east of Kobani has been halted since last night," Redur Xelil, spokesman for the main Kurdish armed group, the YPG, said via Skype.
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