A Syrian Kurdish woman and a child, siting in Mursitpinar on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, watching while smoke rises following a strike in Kobani, Syria as fighting continued between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters.