U.S., Defending Kurds in Syria, Expands Airstrikes Against Islamic State Militants

(New York Times) David E. Sanger and Anne Barnard - The Pentagon said on Saturday that it had conducted its first strikes against Islamic State targets in the besieged Kurdish area around Kobani in Syria along the Turkish border, destroying two armored vehicles. Several other strikes took place in Raqqa, the headquarters of the Islamic State's forces, and other sites in the eastern part of Syria.