RIGHT SPEAK: Kobane, Syria: ISIS reduced to just Two Pockets of Hold-Outs' in City

Islamic State militants have been almost entirely driven out of the Syrian city of Kobane following a remarkable fightback by Kurdish forces who vowed to either defeat the terrorists or die trying.

The extremists have abandoned all of their positions in the city, except for two small pockets of resistance in the east of the city, Kurdish commander Baharin Kandal said.

As recently as Monday it looked as if the fall of Kobane was imminent, with the massively outgunned Kurdish fighters pushed back ever closer to the city centre by ISIS militants advancing into the suburbs, leaving hundreds of mainly elderly residents facing rape and massacre.

But with the help of the most intense U.S. and Arab bombing raids of the anti-ISIS campaign so far, the Kurdish forces have been able to kill hundreds of militants over the past two days and force those remaining back into the outskirts of the town.

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But as the tempo of coalition air strikes increased over the past few days, amid claims the warplanes were coordinating the raids with Kurdish fighters on the ground, ISIS's advances dramatically slowed.

The militants were eventually forced to flee from almost all of their locations in the south and west of the city, including the strategic Tal Shair hill, as well as abandoning a number of key buildings and neighbourhoods in the east.

Despite their gains, Kurdish leaders say Kobane cannot survive long-term without arms and ammunition reaching the defenders, something Turkey - which lies just 200 yards to the city's north - has so far refused to allow.