The War Against The Islamic State -- News Updates October 27, 2014

Shi'ite fighters pose with a black flag belonging to the Islamic State, which they pulled down after capturing the town of Jurf al-Sakhar from the Islamic State militants, south of Baghdad October 26, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/Stringer

U.S., Partners Conduct 11 More Strikes In Syria, Iraq Against Islamic State: CENTCOM -- Reuters

(Reuters) - The United States led nearly a dozen air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq on Sunday and Monday, according to the U.S. military.

U.S. forces conducted four strikes in Syria near the town of Kobani near the border with Turkey, hitting five vehicles and one occupied building used by the militant group, U.S. Central Command said in a statement on Monday.

In Iraq, the United States and other partner countries led seven air strikes, including three strikes near the Mosul Dam area that hit a small unit of Islamic State fighters, the statement said.

Other strikes in Iraq hit areas near Fallujah, Bayji and Zumar, Centcom said.

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The War Against The Islamic State -- News Updates October 27, 2014

Islamic State Escalates Kobani Offensive Amid Airstrikes -- Bloomberg
Islamic State Renews Offensive on Syrian Town of Kobani -- WSJ
Syrian Kurds repulse Islamic State attack on border gate -- Reuters
Kurds 'repulse ISIL push' in Syria's Kobane. -- Al Jazeera
Syria says supplying military aid to Kurds to fight Islamic State -- Reuters
Women on front lines in Syria, Iraq against Islamic State militants -- AP
Suicide bomber kills 27 militiamen in Iraq, all eyes on Kobani. -- Reuters
Suicide car bomber strikes Iraqi town after battles to drive back Islamic State -- Washington Post
No direct combat for Iraqi Kurds in Kobani, ISIS loses ground in Iraq. -- Reuters
Three IS boats sunk after attempting to attack Iraqi military base: Interior Ministry. -- RIA Novosti
Iraqi troops retake control of Sunni town from Islamic State -- AP
Suicide attack kills 24 people south of Baghdad. -- Stars and Stripes
As Iraqi Kurds advance against Islamic State, villagers return to looted homes -- CSM
More than 1,700 bombs dropped in US-led air war on Islamic State -- AFP
U.S. airstrikes succeeding in cutting oil financing for Islamic State -- UPI
Islamic State fight now costing U.S. $8.3 million per day -Pentagon -- Reuters
U.S.: Rebel force in Syria to be built from scratch -- USA Today
US: Washington sees Syria rebels in political, not military solution -- Jerusalem Post