As fighting between Islamic State militants and Kurdish forces rages near the Turkish border, NATO has reassured Turkey it will be protected should it be attacked by Islamic State.
Thousands of civilians have fled the town of Kobane on the Turkish border.
A reporter for the UK's Times newspaper, Hannah Lucinda-Smith, says the situation on the ground is chaotic.
IN: ISIS has actually….
OUT: nowhere to go….
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