U.S. forces attacked Islamic State of Iraq and Syria fighters on Saturday for a second day in row.
Bomber and fighter aircraft were used to conduct six airstrikes over the two day period, the U.S. military said.
Four airstrikes north of Kobani in northern Syria struck an Islamic State fighting position, damaging a command and control facility, destroying a staging building and hitting two small troop units. Two airstrikes south of Kobani destroyed three Islamic State trucks.
Kurdish forces defending Kobani have urged the U.S.-led coalition to escalate air strikes on Islamic State fighters who have closed in on the city, which borders Turkey.
But a Kurdish military official, speaking to Reuters from Kobani, said street-to-street fighting was making it harder for the warplanes to target Islamic State positions.
“We have a problem, which is the war between houses,” said Esmat Al-Sheikh, head of the Kobani defense council. “The air strikes are benefiting us, but Islamic State is bringing tanks and artillery from the east.”
The U.N. envoy to Syria on Friday called on Turkey to help prevent a slaughter in Kobani by asking it to let “volunteers” cross the border to reinforce Kurdish forces defending the town.
Separately, U.S. and allied nations conducted three airstrikes against the Islamic State in Iraq on Friday and Saturday, U.S. Central Command said.
In Iraq, an airstrike north of Tall Afar and two bombing raids northwest of Hit struck a total of four small Islamic State units, Central Command said. The United Kingdom and the Netherlands participated in the bombings.
All aircraft returned safety to their base.
U.S. military forces also conducted multiple airdrops Friday and Saturday to help resupply Iraqi security forces at the request of the Iraqi government. The airdrops included 16,000 pounds of ammunition, 7,328 halal meals and 2,065 gallons of water.
