DHAKA: More than 1,000 people, mostly extremists, have been killed in Kobane since the Islamic State (IS) launched an offensive on the Syrian border town nearly two months ago.

A monitor said on Sunday, reports The Straits Times.

IS militants, who proclaimed a ‘caliphate’ in June straddling territory captured in Iraq and Syria, launched their offensive for the town - also known as Ain al-Arab - in mid-September.

‘At least 1,013 people have been killed in fighting in Ain al-Arab from the beginning of the offensive till last night,’ said Syrian Observatory for Human Rights director Rami Abdel Rahman.

Militants from the Sunni extremist IS group accounted for 609 of those killed in the Kurdish town on the Turkish border, he said.

** 21 killed, 100 wounded in bombing by Syria army

BDST: 2038 HRS, NOV 09, 2014