US-Led Airstrikes Against IS In Syria Kill 553

US-led airstrikes have killed 553 Islamist militants and 32 civilians in Syria during a month-long campaign, a monitoring group has said.

Most of those killed - 464 - were Islamic State fighters, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Fifty-seven were from al Qaeda-linked al Nusra Front.

Six children and five women were among the civilians killed, said the Observatory, which relies on a network of activists around Syria.

Smoke rises after a US-led strike in Kobani

US Central Command spokesman Colonel Patrick Ryder earlier said Washington takes "reports of civilian casualties or damage to civilian facilities seriously and we have a process to investigate each allegation".

The coalition strikes have bombed the Syrian provinces of Aleppo, Deir al Zor, Idlib, Raqqa and al Hassakah, the Observatory said.

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1. Gallery: Syrian Kurds Battle IS To Retain Control Of Kobani

   Turkish soldiers clean mortars as they take up positions by the Turkish-Syrian border opposite the Syrian town of Kobani

2. Smoke rises above buildings after Islamic State militants hit the Syrian town with mortar fire

3. A man surveys the town from a point near the Mursitpinar border crossing, on the Turkish-Syrian border

4. A fighter jet flies above Kobani

5. An explosion rocks the town during an airstrike by the US-led coalition

6. Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighters in a street in Kobani

7. Turkish soldiers take up positions

8. A man watches Kobani through a sniper rifle binocular from near the Mursitpinar crossing

9. Turkish army tanks take up positions by the border opposite the town

10. A Turkish soldier covers an armoured vehicle

11. Kurds watch Kobani - also known as Ain al-Arab - from the southeastern village of Mursitpinar. Continue through for more pictures

In the Aleppo district, the town of Kobani, on the Turkish border, has become a crucial battleground in the IS fight.

Kurdish forces have been defending the besieged town against the militants, who have been making significant gains despite the US-led forces hitting their positions.

But the Kurds have managed to halt the IS advance and held most of the key town, the US military has said.

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1. Gallery: Human Cost Of Battle For Kobani

   A Syrian Kurdish woman and her children at a refugee camp at Suruc, Turkey. These images have emerged as Islamic State (IS) continues to fight for control of the border town of Kobani in Syria

2. Turkey dropped its refusal to allow Kurdish fighters over the border to defend besieged Kobani, saying it was now helping Iraqi peshmerga to cross the frontier in a major policy shift

3. A woman boils a kettle of tea as her children gather around in Suruc

4. Children try to get warm around the fire

5. Children look out from their tent

6. A Kurdish refugee child from the Syrian town of Kobani sits on a makeshift swing

7. A woman boils a pot of tea in front of her tent

8. The centre of Kobani is seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing

9. A US-led coalition aircraft flies over Kobani

10. Smoke rises as bullets with tracers fly through the air after an explosion in Kobani during a reported suicide car bomb attack by IS militants

The Kurdish fighters have been boosted by Iraqi Kurdish politicians agreeing to send much-needed reinforcements and US weapons airdrops.

But two of the arms bundles intended for the Kurds went astray earlier this week, the Pentagon said. One was destroyed in a strike and the other fell into the hands of IS fighters.

IS released a video online, allegedly shot in Kobani, showing its fighters going through boxes containing hand grenades and rocket-propelled grenades.

Video: US Airdrops Allegedly Intercepted

Islamic State has already grabbed large parts of Syria and neighbouring Iraq. With the help of Arab allies, the US has been carrying out airstrikes in Iraq against IS since July and in Syria since September.

The UK and France have also struck IS targets in Iraq.

Earlier this week, Britain's Defence Secretary Michael Fallon announced RAF Reaper drones would be flying surveillance missions over Syria to gather intelligence on IS.

Video: Travelling Through Syria

But the use of weapons has not been authorised and the British Government has insisted that strike missions in the country would only be carried out with parliamentary approval.

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