Air strikes 'stall IS advance' on Syrian border town

US-led forces have continued air strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants near the besieged Syrian Kurdish border town of Kobane.

A senior local official said IS had been pushed back towards the edge of the town as a result of the strikes and advances by the town's defenders.

Earlier reports said the militants had controlled almost a third of Kobane, on the Turkish-Syrian border.

Turkey has ruled out a ground operation on its own against IS in Syria.

Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu also called for the creation of a no-fly zone along the Syrian side of the border after talks in Ankara with new Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg on possible Turkish action against IS.

Turkey - a Nato member - wants the creation of a border zone or safe haven enforced by a no-fly zone to stop militants moving across the border.