The fight is on in Kobani, where competing claims of progress are shrouded in smoke.<br/> <br />New amateur video appears to show Kurdish and Free Syrian Army fighters engaging Islamic State militants.<br/> <br />The fighters say they pushed IS out of the area overnight and even took control of a major highway connecting Aleppo with Kobani - a claim denied by IS militants.<br/> <br />The militants have been trying to take Kobani since September.<br/> <br />The group's surge in the region prompted the U.S. to join the fight, launching air strikes to help Kurdish forces.<br/> <br />U.S. officials say coalition forces carried out five strikes on Wednesday.<br/> <br />But with competing claims on the ground, there's no telling who's winning the battle for Kobani.
