by Nasra Ismail and Biodun Iginla, BBC News

7 October 2014 Last updated at 17:13 BST
A translator for the commander of one of the groups fighting Islamic State (IS) in Kobane says the militants are trying to reach the centre of Kobane.
'Ahmed', a translator for Abu Laith, the military commander of the Dawn of Freedom Brigades, told a BBC reporter that Kurdish fighters were holding IS back.