ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />Two large blasts tore up the border area of the Syrian town of Kobani on Tuesday (October 28) as the U.S.-led coalition launched yet more air strikes against Islamic State fighters.<br/> <br />The insurgents, who are trying to eject Syrian Kurdish fighters from Kobani, on the Turkish border, attempted to take the border crossing point on Monday (October 27).<br/> <br />They were repulsed by the Kurdish fighters, who are expected soon to be joined by better-armed Iraqi Kurds.<br/> <br />The Kurdish YPG have been struggling to defend Kobani, also known as Ayn al-Arab, from well-equipped Islamic State fighters who have used tanks, artillery and suicide truck bombs in a month-long offensive against the town at the Turkish border.<br/> <br />Islamic State fighters, keen to consolidate territorial gains in northern Syria, have pressed an offensive against the town even as U.S.-led forces started bombing their positions.<br/> <br />The battle has also taken on major political s
