DHAKA: At least 100 militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group have been killed in three days of fighting for the strategic Syrian border town of Kobane.

A monitor said on Saturday, reports The Straits Times.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the deaths brought the total number of ISIS fighters killed in the ground battle for Kobane to 576 since clashes there began on September 16.

BDST: 1754 HRS, NOV 01, 2014