Kurdish fighters battling the Islamic State in Kobane, on the Turkish border with Syria, now control 80% of the town, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Kurds backed by Iraqi peshmerga forces have been fighting the militant group in the town since September.
Elena Casas reports.
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