Two strikes on one target. 5 airstrikes in less than 30 minutes. #ISIS is in control of large parts of Kobane. pic.twitter.com/3ZgBwQQXnp

— Karam shoumali (@KaramShoumali) October 8, 2014

Karam Shoumali is reporting for the New York Times.

Ismet Sheikh Hassan, Kurdish defence chief for #Kobane tells me: "no direct coordination with the Americans on airstrikes. Only indirect."

— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) October 8, 2014

Acc. to Kurdish defence chief for #Kobane, city is not about to fall. "If coalition is serious & helps us more, we can win agnst ISIS"

— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) October 8, 2014