Summary
The US-led coalition has carried out fresh airstrikes against jihadists in Syria and Iraq as Washington called for the battle against ISIS to be taken to the Internet.
Fighting continued to rage for the strategic Syrian border town of Kobani, and in Iraq a car bomb explosion on Monday killed at least eight people in a Baghdad square after a suicide bombing reportedly left at least 14 pro-government fighters dead south of the capital.
An AFP reporter in Turkey just across the border from Kobani said fierce clashes were raging in the strategic Syrian town, where Kurdish fighters have been holding off an offensive by ISIS fighters for weeks.
The US military said its warplanes carried out four more airstrikes near Kobane Sunday and Monday.
Since airstrikes began on August 8, the campaign -- which has involved about 6,600 sorties by US and allied aircraft -- has cost $580 million, said Pentagon spokesman Commander Bill Urban.
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