US-led airstrikes against IS in Syria have killed over 550

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has revealed that, as a result of US-led airstrikes against the IS in Syria has left over 550 dead bbc.com – the breakup is reported as 464 IS fighters, 57 other militants and 32 civilians have died.

Notwithstanding such revelations, the US has continued to carry out more air strikes against IS positions near the besieged town of Kobane. As per Kurdish sources, IS had retaken a strategically important hilltop 4-Km west of the town Tal Shahir, which the Kurdish forces fighting IS in Kobane had taken a few days back. This town is close to the border with Turkey.
IS fighters are believed to have been shelling Kurdish positions and attacking the town center.

The US military have confirmed that its fighters and bombers had conducted six air strikes against IS positions in Syria on Wednesday and Thursday - four attacks were near Kobane in which several IS fighting positions, an IS vehicle and an IS command-and-control center were destroyed. These attacks in Syria apart from nine air strikes against IS positions in Iraq on Wednesday and Thursday were meant to eliminate the "terrorist group" and the threat it poses to the region as well as the wider international community.