Inside the bloody battle of Kobani

The battle of Kobani has become the centre-point of the US-backed onslaught against the Islamic State militants in Syria.

Syrian Kurds have been struggling for weeks against better-armed IS fighters, with US-led air strikes helping the former avoid defeat.

The battle for control of Kobani has raged for months and it continued to rage on Sunday night in some of the fiercest fighting yet. Islamic state fired 44 mortars at Kurdish parts of the town of Kobani, some of which fell inside Turkey nearby, Reuters reported.

The ISIS wants to take Kobani to consolidate its power in northern Syria.

Here are some glimpses of the battle for Kobani:

An explosion rocks Syrian city of Kobani during a reported suicide car bomb attack by the militants of Islamic State group on a People's Protection Unit position in the city centre of Kobani, as seen from the outskirts of Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, October 20, 2014 in Sanliurfa province, Turkey. Photograph: Gokhan Sahin/Getty Images

An explosion rocks Syrian city of Kobani during a reported suicide car bomb attack by the militants of Islamic State group on a People's Protection Unit position in the city centre of Kobani. Photograph: Gokhan Sahin/Getty Images

A Kurdish refugee mother and son from the Syrian town of Kobani walk beside their tent in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc on the Turkish-Syrian border in Sanliurfa, Turkey. Photograph: Gokhan Sahin/Getty Images

A man watches the Syrian town of Kobani through a sniper rifle binocular from near the Mursitpinar border crossing, on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa, Turkey. Photograph: Gokhan Sahin/Getty Images

An explosion rocks the Syrian city of Kobani during an airstrike by the US-led coalition during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, as seen from the outskirts of Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border. Photograph: Gokhan Sahin/Getty Images

Relatives mourn during the funeral of Cundi Minaz, one of four female Kurdish fighters of the People's Protection Unit who were killed during clashes with Islamic State fighters in Kobani, in the southeastern town of Suruc, on October 14, 2014 in Sanliurfa province, Turkey. Photograph: Gokhan Sahin/Getty Images

Turkish tanks hold their position on a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc on the Turkey-Syria border, following an air strike in Kobani. Photograph: Gokhan Sahin/Getty Images

A Kurdish refugee from the Syrian town of Kobani walk beside his tents as he carries bread in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc on the Turkish-Syrian border. Photograph: Gokhan Sahin/Getty Images

Heavy smoke rises following an airstrike by the US-led coalition aircraft in Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, as seen from the outskirts of Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border. Photograph: Gokhan Sahin/Getty Images

Smoke rises as bullets with tracers fly through the air after an explosion rocks Syrian city of Kobane during a reported suicide car bomb attack by the militants of Islamic State group on a People's Protection Unit position in the city centre of Kobani. Photograph: Gokhan Sahin/Getty Images