Turkish-Syrian border (CNN) -- Intense street fighting raged in the Syrian city of Kobani Monday as ISIS came closer to capturing a key area on the border with Turkey.

ISIS fighters planted their flag on a hill on the eastern side of Kobani, then punched through defenses to open up the route for more troops, one witness inside the city told CNN.

CNN crews on Monday also spotted what appeared to be the black flag of ISIS flying from a hilltop on the eastern side of the city. The flag was farther east into the city from one shown flying atop a building in video from Reuters and also seen by the CNN crews.

 

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Many Kurdish forces defending the city were wounded and killed, and many ISIS fighters were also killed as clashes spread from street to street, the witness said.

The fall of the city would carry huge symbolic and strategic weight, giving ISIS sway over an uninterrupted swatch of land between the Turkish border and its self-declared capital in Raqqa, Syria, 100 kilometers (62 miles) away.

The Turkish military, which has bulked up its defenses along the border in recent days as the fighting has flared, blocked people fleeing the embattled city from crossing the border.

"We want to go across!" would-be refugees chanted as they pressed against a border fence.

One witness inside Kobani told CNN he'd been waiting to leave the city with hundreds of others since Sunday night.

"We'll get killed if we stay," he said.

As ISIS fighters attacked with tanks and heavy artillery, the city's defenders vowed to keep fighting.

"We are afraid of this. We are obliged to defend our home, our town," Kurdish Kobani official Idriss Nassan said. "We didn't choose this war, but we are obliged to fight."

U.S. and allies strike again

ISIS managed to close in on Kobani despite airstrikes by the United States and allied forces over the weekend and on Monday.

The most recent airstrikes took out two fighting positions near Kobani and two tanks near Raqqa, as well as two small ISIS units, two mortar positions and a building in Iraq, the U.S. military said Monday.

Over the weekend, allied airstrikes destroyed two ISIS tanks, a bulldozer and another ISIS vehicle, U.S. Central Command said. Two airstrikes hit a large ISIS unit and destroyed six firing positions, the U.S. military said.

A senior defense official said Monday to expect more airstrikes against ISIS targets in the Kobani area.

But that's easier said than done.

Another senior military official said many ISIS targets in Kobani are too close to the Turkish border or Kurdish forces to strike.

And the Pentagon, the official said, believes there's a media outcry about the situation in Kobani because reporters are there. Many other towns have fallen to ISIS without TV crews present, the official said.

No matter what role U.S. airstrikes play going forward, such attacks aren't enough, Nassan said.

"When I talk to people here in Kobani, they thank the international community, and the United States, they thank the countries who are striking the ISIS. But everyone believes it is not enough," he said.

The "international community cannot defeat ISIS by just hitting them from the sky. They have to help the people who are fighting -- the (Kurdish People's Protection Unit) YPG, the (rebel) Free Syrian Army who are here on the ground."

Meanwhile, about 270 kilometers (168 miles) to the east, in the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakah, ISIS suicide bombers drove trucks into checkpoints manned by Kurds, exploding them almost simultaneously, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based monitoring group.

Thirty Kurdish fighters died in the attack, the group said.

 

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Helicopters used in Iraq strikes

U.S. Army Apache gunships were used against ISIS targets in Iraq's Anbar province over the weekend, the senior defense official who spoke about the plans for more Kobani airstrikes told CNN.

Fixed-wing aircraft also were on the mission, but because Iraqi forces were close to ISIS forces, the Apaches were used because they fly low and can strike with precision, the official said.

The official described the area as "very much contested, with ISIS continuing to make gains."

The low altitude used by Apaches poses a risk, but with ISIS forces in such a populated area, their precision was needed, the official said.

U.S. officials don't see ISIS making a direct run for Baghdad, but concerns remain that ISIS elements are in the city and around the airport, the official said.

In other developments:

Total cost of U.S. airstrikes so far? More than $62 million, Pentagon says

U.S. military airstrikes against ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria have cost more than $62 million so far, according to data provided by the U.S. Defense Department.

The data, apparently sent out inadvertently Monday to the Pentagon's press contacts, lists the total number of airstrikes by U.S. Central Command in Iraq and Syria, details locations of targets and specifies the costs of munitions used.

Militant leader's fate unknown

The United States is still unsure if an airstrike killed the leader of the Khorasan Group. U.S. officials are still assessing the strike on the first night of airstrikes in Syria, and whether it killed Muhsin al-Fadhli, the senior defense official told CNN.

While he has not surfaced publicly or on social media, U.S. officials still have not seen sufficient corroborating intelligence, such as evidence of a funeral or martyrdom statements, the official said.

ISIS gets Pakistan Taliban encouragement

Pakistan Taliban spokesman Shahidullah Shahid issued a statement expressing solidarity with ISIS and other fighters in Syria.

"In these times when the enemy is standing against you we ask that you forget internal strife and rivalries and stand up against the nonbeliever army," Shahid said in the statement. "The Muslims of the world look to you with great expectation, and in this difficult time, we, your mujahidin brothers, are with you and will provide you with fighters and help," the statement said.

U.S. vice president apologizes

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden apologized to Turkey and the United Arab Emirates for saying Middle Eastern allies are partly to blame for the strengthening of ISIS.

At an appearance last week at Harvard University, he said the militant Islamist group had been inadvertently strengthened by actions allies took to help opposition groups fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

"They poured hundreds of millions of dollars and thousands of tons of weapons into anyone who would fight against Assad. Except that the people who were being supplied were al-Nusra and al Qaeda and the extremist elements of jihadis coming from other parts of the world," Biden said.

On Turkey's alleged role, he said, "President (Recep Tayyip) Erdogan told me ... 'You were right. We let too many people (including foreign fighters) through.' Now they are trying to seal their border."

Erdogan vehemently denied ever saying such a thing.

Marine may be the campaign's first U.S. casualty

A Marine lost at sea after bailing out of an MV-22 Osprey when it appeared it might crash in the Persian Gulf is believed to be the first American military casualty in support of U.S. operations against ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

Cpl. Jordan L. Spears, 21, was declared dead after search and rescue efforts didn't find him.

CNN's Ingrid Formanek reported from the Turkish-Syrian border; CNN's Holly Yan and Michael Pearson reported and wrote from Atlanta. CNN's Barbara Starr, Yousuf Basil, Chelsea J. Carter, Ralph Ellis and Catherine E. Shoichet contributed to this report.

ISIS的設置捕捉Kobani，完成重大搶地
由閆冬青，邁克爾·皮爾遜和英格麗Formanek，美國有線電視新聞網
2014年10月6日 - 更新2333 GMT（0733 HKT）

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新聞提要
新：軍事官員：在Kobani許多ISIS的目標過於接近邊境空襲
一位目擊者說，數百人試圖離開敘利亞的城市; “我們會被殺死，如果我們留下來”
雙方許多戰士在戰鬥被打死，一名證人說，
庫爾德官員說：“我們沒有選擇這場戰爭，但我們必須戰鬥”
土耳其-敘利亞邊境（CNN） -在敘利亞城市Kobani週一為ISIS的激烈巷戰肆虐走近與土耳其邊界捕獲的一個關鍵領域。
ISIS的戰士種植他們的國旗上Kobani東側的一座小山上，然後通過防禦打了個開闢航線增兵，一名證人在城市裡面告訴CNN。
週一美國有線電視新聞網人員也發現了似乎是的黑旗ISIS從城市的東邊的山頂上飛來飛去。該標誌是越往東進入市區，從1所示頂上飛來自路透社的視頻一個建築，也看到了CNN的船員。
ISIS抓住關鍵敘利亞的邊境城市 叛逃者描述裡面的ISIS生活 庫爾德人的戰鬥Isis在關鍵的邊境小鎮
圖：Kobani（艾因人阿）圖：Kobani（艾因人阿）
許多庫爾德人的力量保衛城市人受傷，死亡，以及許多ISIS的戰士也被打死的衝突一條街蔓延，目擊者說。
這個城市的秋天將進行巨大的象徵意義和戰略的重量，給人的ISIS揮灑過的土耳其邊境和自我宣告資本Raqqa，敘利亞100公里（62英里）以外的土地不間斷的樣本。
土耳其軍方已膨體了它的防禦沿邊最近幾天的戰鬥爆發，阻止人們跨越邊境逃離陷入困境的城市。
“我們要穿越！” 因為他們對邊界圍網按下想成為難民的呼喊。
一名目擊者裡面Kobani告訴CNN，他一直在等待離開的城市，數百人因為週日晚上。
“如果我們留下來，我們會被殺死，”他說。
由於ISIS的戰士攻擊坦克和重砲，城市的捍衛者發誓要繼續戰鬥。
“我們都怕這個，我們有責任保衛我們的家園，我們的城市，”庫爾德Kobani負責人伊德里斯·Nassan說。“我們沒有選擇這場戰爭，但我們必須去戰鬥。”
美國和盟國再次罷工
ISIS管理上Kobani接近儘管在週末和週一美國空襲和盟軍。
最近一次空襲中拿出近Kobani 2陣地和兩輛坦克附近Raqqa，還有兩個小的ISIS單位，兩枚迫擊砲陣地和在伊拉克的建築，美國軍方週一表示。
上週末，盟軍的空襲摧毀了2 ISIS坦克，推土機和其他ISIS的車輛，美軍中央司令部說。兩個空襲擊中一個大的ISIS單位和摧毀6射擊陣地，美軍說。
一位高級防務官員週一表示，期望對ISIS的目標更多的空襲中Kobani區。
但是，這談何容易。
另一位高級軍事官員說，在Kobani很多ISIS的目標過於靠近土耳其邊境或庫爾德人的力量罷工。
和五角大樓的官員說，相信有關於Kobani情況的媒體嘩然，因為記者都在那裡。其他許多城鎮已經下降到ISIS目前沒有電視台的工作人員，該負責人表示。
不管什麼樣的角色美國空襲玩前進，這樣的攻擊不夠，Nassan說是。
“當我跟這裡的人在Kobani，他們感謝國際社會和美國，他們感謝誰是驚人的ISIS的國家，但每個人都認為這是不夠的，”他說。
“以從天空只是要打人，國際社會不能打敗ISIS他們要幫助誰是戰鬥的人 - 。的（庫爾德人的保護單元）耀皮玻璃，在（叛亂）敘利亞自由軍誰是這裡的地面”
與此同時，約270公里（168英里）以東，在敘利亞東北部哈塞克市的，ISIS的自殺式炸彈襲擊者駕駛卡車進入檢查站庫爾德人接聽，幾乎同時爆炸的他們，根據敘利亞人權觀察，總部位於倫敦的監控組。
三庫爾德戰士在襲擊中死亡，該集團表示。
朋友和家人記得艾倫·亨寧 參議員：美元兌ISIS計劃將無法正常工作 伊西斯拼海洋一號美的傷亡？ 土耳其將面臨ISIS在地上？
在伊拉克打擊用直升機
美軍阿帕奇武裝直升機被用來對付伊拉克的安巴爾省週末ISIS的目標，誰談到更多的Kobani空襲計劃的高級國防官員告訴CNN。
固定翼飛機也分別對任務，但由於伊拉克軍隊接近ISIS的力量，阿帕奇被使用，因為它們低空飛行，並能精確打擊，該負責人表示。
該負責人描述的區域為“非常有爭議的，與ISIS繼續進行收穫。”
低空使用阿帕奇帶來了風險，但ISIS的力量在這樣一個人口稠密的區域，其精確度是必要的，該負責人表示。
美國官員沒有看到ISIS作出直接運行在巴格達，但問題仍然是ISIS的元素都在城市和機場周邊，該負責人表示。
在其他方面的發展：
美國的總成本空襲這麼遠嗎？更超過6,200萬美元，五角大樓說，
反對伊拉克和敘利亞的ISIS目標，美軍空襲已經花費超過62000000美元到目前為止，根據美國國防部提供的數據。
這些數據，顯然發出了無意間週一到五角大樓的記者接觸，列出空襲由美軍中央司令部在伊拉克和敘利亞的總數，詳細介紹了目標位置，並指定用於彈藥的成本。
好戰的領導人的下落不明
美國仍然是不確定的，如果空襲殺死了呼羅珊集團的領導者。美國官員仍在評估對敘利亞空襲的第一天晚上的罷工，以及是否殺死穆赫辛AL-Fadhli，高級國防官員告訴CNN。
雖然他沒有公開或在社交媒體上浮現，美國官員還沒有看到足夠的確鑿情報，如葬禮或殉難陳述的證據，該負責人表示。
ISIS獲得巴基斯坦塔利班的鼓勵
巴基斯坦塔利班發言人Shahidullah沙希德發表聲明，表示聲援ISIS和敘利亞其他戰士的聲明。
“在當敵人站在你這時候我們請你忘了內部紛爭和對抗，站起來反對nonbeliever軍隊，”沙希德在聲明中說。“全世界的穆斯林期待你以極大的期望，在這艱難的時刻，我們的聖戰者兄弟，都與你們同在，為你提供戰機和幫助，”聲明說。
美國副總統道歉
美國副總統拜登道歉，土耳其和阿拉伯聯合酋長國說中東盟國部分原因ISIS的加強。
在上週在哈佛大學亮相，他表示，激進伊斯蘭組織已經被盟軍的行動無意中加強了幫助反對派對抗敘利亞總統巴沙爾·阿薩德的戰鬥。
“他們倒億萬噸武器美元，成千上萬的人誰也反對阿薩德的戰鬥。除誰是供給的人是AL-Nusra和基地組織聖戰者來自世界其他地區來的極端分子，“拜登說。
在土耳其的指控角色，他說，“總統（雷傑普·塔伊普·）埃爾多安告訴我......”你是對的，我們讓太多的人（包括外國戰士）通過。“ 現在，他們正試圖封住他們的境界。“
埃爾多安極力否認曾說過這樣的事情。
海洋可能是運動的第一個美國傷亡
海事丟在海上救助的MV-22魚鷹出來後，當出現可能在波斯灣的崩潰被認為是支持美元兌Isis在伊拉克和敘利亞作戰的美國第一軍傷亡。
下士。約旦L.布蘭妮，21日，被宣布後，搜救工作未發現他已經死了。
CNN的英格麗Formanek報導，土耳其 - 敘利亞邊境; CNN的閆冬青和邁克爾·皮爾遜報導來自亞特蘭大寫道。CNN的芭芭拉·斯塔爾，優素福·羅勒，切爾西J·卡特，拉爾夫·埃利斯和凱瑟琳E. Shoichet促成了這一報告。