It's a small victory in a much larger battle.<br/> <br />Amateur video uploaded to a social media website purports to show Kurdish fighters celebrating after recapturing areas close to the embattled Syrian town.<br/> <br />But from Kobani itself, plumes of smoke.<br/> <br />U.S.-led coalition jets have been pounding suspected Islamic State targets after fierce shelling by the insurgents shook the town center.<br/> <br />Despite a dramatic increase in airstrikes, the militants continued to shell the center of Kobani, and several mortars fell inside Turkey.<br/> <br />The battle for territory between Islamic State and Kurdish fighters has been ongoing for a month.<br/> <br />And though Islamic State is pressing on, Kurds have so far been able to fend off a complete seizure.
