CNN: Top U.S. Officials Say Fall of Kobani Would Be 'Not a Big Concern to Us' By Jillian Kay Melchior The fight Kobani is becoming increasingly desperate for the Kurdish troops trying to prevent the Syrian border town from falling into the hands of the Islamic State, CNN reports now: The key Syrian border city of Kobani will soon fall to the Islamist terror group ISIS, several senior U.S. administration officials said. They downplayed the importance of it, saying Kobani is not a major U.S. concern. But a look at the city shows why it would mark an important strategic...
